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droplet_kernels_info

Generated on 11 Feb 2026 from digitalocean.cloud version v1.2.1

Synopsis

List all available kernels for a specific Droplet. View the API documentation at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#tag/Droplets.

Parameter	Choices / Default	Description
`client_override_options` dict		Client override options (developer use). For example, can be used to override the DigitalOcean API endpoint for an internal test suite. If provided, these options will knock out existing options.
`droplet_id` int / required		The ID of the Droplet to list available kernels for.
`module_override_options` dict		Module override options (developer use). Can be used to override module options to support experimental or future options. If provided, these options will knock out existing options.
`state` str	Choices: `present` (default) `absent`	State of the resource, `present` to create, `absent` to destroy.
`timeout` int	Default: `300`	Polling timeout in seconds.
`token` str		DigitalOcean API token. There are several environment variables which can be used to provide this value. `DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN`, `DO_API_TOKEN`, `DO_API_KEY`, `DO_OAUTH_TOKEN` and `OAUTH_TOKEN`

- name: Get available Droplet kernels
  digitalocean.cloud.droplet_kernels_info:
    token: "{{ token }}"
    droplet_id: 12345678

Key Returned Description

Key	Returned	Description
`error` dict	failure	DigitalOcean API error. Sample: `{ "Message": "Informational error message.", "Reason": "Unauthorized", "Status Code": 401 }`
`kernels` list	always	List of available kernels for the Droplet. Sample: `[ { "id": 123, "name": "DigitalOcean GrubLoader v0.2 (20190819-0)", "version": "5.4.0-81" } ]`
`msg` str	always	Droplet kernels result information. Sample: `[ "Available kernels for Droplet 12345678", "No available kernels for Droplet 12345678" ]`

error
dict

failure

DigitalOcean API error.
Sample:

{
  "Message": "Informational error message.",
  "Reason": "Unauthorized",
  "Status Code": 401
}

kernels
list

always

List of available kernels for the Droplet.
Sample:

[
  {
    "id": 123,
    "name": "DigitalOcean GrubLoader v0.2 (20190819-0)",
    "version": "5.4.0-81"
  }
]

msg
str

always

Droplet kernels result information.
Sample:

[
  "Available kernels for Droplet 12345678",
  "No available kernels for Droplet 12345678"
]