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 |
Related Commands
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 |