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doctl databases get

Generated on 20 Oct 2025 from doctl version v1.146.0

Usage

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

Aliases

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, valkey, 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`