doctl compute droplet get

Generated on 9 Apr 2025 from doctl version v1.124.0

Usage

doctl compute droplet get <droplet-id|droplet-name> [flags]

Aliases

g

Description

Retrieves information about a Droplet, including:

  • The Droplet’s ID
  • The Droplet’s name
  • The Droplet’s public IPv4 address
  • The Droplet’s private IPv4 address
  • The Droplet’s IPv6 address
  • The memory size of the Droplet in MB
  • The number of vCPUs on the Droplet
  • The size of the Droplet’s disk in GB
  • The Droplet’s data center region
  • The image the Droplet was created from
  • The status of the Droplet. Possible values: new, active, off, or archive
  • The tags assigned to the Droplet
  • A list of features enabled for the Droplet, such as backups, ipv6, monitoring, and private_networking
  • The IDs of block storage volumes attached to the Droplet

Example

The following example retrieves information about a Droplet with the ID 386734086. The command also uses the --format flag to only return the Droplet’s name, ID, and public IPv4 address:

doctl compute droplet get 386734086 --format Name,ID,PublicIPv4

Flags

Option Description
--format Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: ID, Name, PublicIPv4, PrivateIPv4, PublicIPv6, Memory, VCPUs, Disk, Region, Image, VPCUUID, Status, Tags, Features, Volumes.
--help, -h Help for this command
--no-header Return raw data with no headers
Default: false
--template Go template format. Sample values: {{.ID}}, {{.Name}}, {{.Memory}}, {{.Region.Name}}, {{.Image}}, {{.Tags}}
Command Description
doctl compute droplet Manage virtual machines (Droplets)

Global Flags

Option Description
--access-token, -t API V2 access token
--api-url, -u Override default API endpoint
--config, -c Specify a custom config file
Default:
    --context Specify a custom authentication context name
    --http-retry-max Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
    Default: 5
    --http-retry-wait-max Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
    Default: 30
    --http-retry-wait-min Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
    Default: 1
    --interactive Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
    Default: false
    --output, -o Desired output format [text|json]
    Default: text
    --trace Show a log of network activity while performing a command
    Default: false
    --verbose, -v Enable verbose output
    Default: false

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