DigitalOcean Kubernetes

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a managed Kubernetes service. Deploy Kubernetes clusters with a fully managed control plane, high availability, autoscaling, and native integration with DigitalOcean Load Balancers and volumes. DOKS clusters are compatible with standard Kubernetes toolchains and the DigitalOcean API and CLI.

Getting Started

Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.

How-Tos

How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.

Reference

API and CLI reference documentation for the DigitalOcean Kubernetes service, including example requests and available parameters.

Concepts

Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Kubernetes.

Details

Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.

Support

Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.

Related Links

Is Kubernetes Right for Me?

Choosing the best deployment platform for your business.

digitalocean.com

High-Availability Control Plane for DOKS Clusters

Maximize reliability with 99.95% uptime SLA for critical workloads and environments.

digitalocean.com

Kubernetes Bootstrapper

Framework to set up production-grade clusters.

github.com

Kubernetes Adoption Journey

Hands-on tutorial for going from day one to production on DOKS.

digitalocean.github.io

Case Studies

How customers build and scale their applications using DOKS and other DigitalOcean services.

digitalocean.com

Marketplace

Learn Kubernetes by starting with one of our preconfigured stacks.

digitalocean.com

Latest Updates

27 June 2024

• Control plane firewalls are now available in Early Availability for select DOKS customers. For more information, see How to Add a Control Plane Firewall.

24 June 2024

• DigitalOcean Load Balancers added to DOKS clusters now default to Kubernetes’ recommended health check configuration which facilitates worker node replacements with minimal request disruption. The new configuration automatically updates for all existing managed load balancers on DOKS 1.26 and later.

  We do not recommend configuring health checks manually. You can continue the previous behavior by setting the service.beta.kubernetes.io/do-loadbalancer-override-health-check annotation as described here.

13 June 2024

• We are moving the managed Cilium Operator component (cilium-operator) from the worker nodes to the control plane of DOKS clusters. This frees up resources on the worker nodes and improves autoscaling of the component.

For more information, see all Kubernetes release notes.