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
, orarchive
- The tags assigned to the Droplet
- A list of features enabled for the Droplet, such as
backups
,ipv6
,monitoring
, andprivate_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}} |
Related Commands
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 |