doctl databases get

Generated on 23 Jun 2025 from doctl version v1.131.0

Usage

doctl databases get <database-cluster-id> [flags]

Aliases

g

Description

Retrieves the following details about the specified database cluster:

  • The database ID, in UUID format
  • The name you gave the database cluster
  • The database engine. Possible values: redis, pg, mysql , mongodb, kafka, opensearch
  • The engine version, such as 14 for PostgreSQL version 14
  • The number of nodes in the database cluster
  • The region the database cluster resides in, such as sfo2, nyc1
  • The current status of the database cluster, such as online
  • The size of the machine running the database instance, such as db-s-1vcpu-1gb)
  • A connection string for the database cluster
  • The date and time when the database cluster was created

This command requires the ID of a database cluster, which you can retrieve by calling:

doctl databases list

Example

The following example retrieves the details for a database cluster with the ID f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6 and uses the --format flag to return only the database’s ID, engine, and engine version:

doctl databases get f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6

Flags

Option Description
--format Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: ID, Name, Engine, Version, NumNodes, Region, Status, Size, URI, Created, StorageMib.
--help, -h Help for this command
--no-header Return raw data with no headers
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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