doctl databases create

Generated on 9 Apr 2025 from doctl version v1.124.0

Usage 

doctl databases create <name> [flags]

Aliases 

c

Description

Creates a database cluster with the specified name.

You can customize the configuration using the listed flags, all of which are optional. Without any flags set, the command creates a single-node, single-CPU PostgreSQL database cluster.

Example

The following example creates a database cluster named example-database in the nyc1 region with a single 1 GB node:

doctl databases create example-database --region nyc1 --size db-s-1vcpu-1gb --num-nodes 1

Flags

Option Description
--engine The database’s engine. Possible values are: pg, mysql, redis, mongodb, kafka and opensearch.
Default: pg
--help, -h Help for this command
--num-nodes The number of nodes in the database cluster. Valid values are 1-3. In addition to the primary node, up to two standby nodes may be added for high availability.
Default: 1
--private-network-uuid The UUID of a VPC to create the database cluster in. The command uses the region’s default VPC if excluded.
--region The data center region where the database cluster resides, such as nyc1 or sfo2.
Default: nyc1
--restore-from-cluster-name The name of an existing database cluster to restore from.
--restore-from-timestamp The timestamp of an existing database cluster backup in UTC combined date and time format (2006-01-02 15:04:05 +0000 UTC). The most recent backup is used if excluded.
--size The size of the nodes in the database cluster, for example db-s-1vcpu-1gb indicates a 1 CPU, 1GB node. For a list of available size slugs, visit: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#tag/Databases
Default: db-s-1vcpu-1gb
--storage-size-mib The amount of disk space allocated to the cluster. Applicable for PostgreSQL and MySQL clusters. Each plan size has a default value but can be increased in increments up to a maximum amount. For ranges, visit: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/managed-databases
Default: 0
--tag A comma-separated list of tags to apply to the database cluster.
--version The database engine’s version, such as 14 for PostgreSQL version 14.
--wait A boolean value that specifies whether to wait for the database cluster to be provisioned before returning control to the terminal.
Default: false
Command Description
doctl databases Display commands that manage databases

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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