DNS
Generated on 18 Mar 2026
Each Droplet's network configuration contains the IP addresses of DNS resolvers that the Droplet uses to locate and connect to hostnames on the internet.
Base URL
http://169.254.169.254
GET Get DNS Attributes Index
/metadata/v1/dns
An index of DNS attributes.
Request: /metadata/v1/dns
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/dns"Responses
200
Success
Response
nameserversGET Get DNS Nameservers
/metadata/v1/dns/nameservers
The nameserver entries that are added to a Droplet's /etc/resolv.conf file during creation.
Request: /metadata/v1/dns/nameservers
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/dns/nameservers"Responses
200
Success
Response
2001:4860:4860::8844
2001:4860:4860::8888
8.8.8.8