Premium CPUs are now available for Storage-Optimized Droplets.
The new plans are available through the control panel and the API in NYC1, NYC3, SFO2, TOR1, FRA1, BLR1, and SYD1.
The Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (ubuntu-24-04-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Premium CPUs are now available for Memory-Optimized Droplets.
The new plans are available through the control panel and the API in NYC1, NYC3, SFO2, TOR1, FRA1, BLR1, and SYD1.
Ubuntu 23.04 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Fedora 37 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
The Fedora 39 (fedora-39-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
We have disabled password-based authentication for newly created Alma 9 Droplets due to an incompatibility between Alma 9’s password authentication mechanism and DigitalOcean’s provisioning system.
SSH-based login remains available. Previously created Alma 9 Droplets are not affected.
We have disabled password-based authentication for newly created Rocky 8 Droplets due to an incompatibility between Rocky 8’s password authentication mechanism and DigitalOcean’s provisioning system.
SSH-based login remains available. Previously created Rocky 8 Droplets are not be affected.
The Ubuntu 23.10 (ubuntu-23-10-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Backups now remain available for four weeks even if the associated Droplet is deleted. Previously, deleting a Droplet would also delete its backups.
You can view your backups and their expiration dates in the control panel and convert them to snapshots.
Premium CPUs for General Purpose Droplets are now available in AMS3 and SFO3.
Premium CPUs are now available for General Purpose Droplets.
The new plans are available through the control panel and the API in NYC1, NYC3, SFO2, TOR1, FRA1, BLR1, and SYD1.
The Ubuntu 23.04 (ubuntu-23-04-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
We have released new plans for Basic Droplets with Premium CPUs with different vCPU:RAM ratios.
The new plans are available through the control panel and the API for all data centers. However, plans with a 1:4 vCPU:RAM ratio (like the 2 vCPU and 8 GB RAM plan) are not yet available in LON1, SGP1, and NYC1.
The previous plans for Basic Droplets with Premium CPUs are no longer available in the control panel, but remain available through the API and CLI with the same slugs.
The Ubuntu 22.10 distribution has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Ubuntu 18.04 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Fedora 36 reached end of life on 18 May 2023. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
We no longer bill for outbound data transfer that we determine is dropped by a DigitalOcean firewall rule. Learn more about bandwidth billing.
The Debian 12 (debian-12-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Rocky 8.4 and 8.5 have reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, these images are available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove them from our platform.
Premium Intel CPUs are now available for CPU-Optimized Droplets in TOR1.
The Fedora 38 (fedora-38-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Premium Intel CPUs are now available for CPU-Optimized Droplets in BLR1.
The largest CPU-Optimized Droplet plan is now available in BLR1.
We have extended the promotional period for CPU-Optimized Droplets with Premium Intel CPUs (no billing for outbound data transfer at speeds faster than 2 Gbps) from 30 April 2023 to 30 June 2023. Learn more about bandwidth billing.
Premium Intel CPUs are now available for CPU-Optimized Droplets in SFO2.
Premium Intel CPUs are now available for CPU-Optimized Droplets. You can create CPU-Optimized Droplets with Premium Intel CPUs in NYC1, NYC3, FRA1, AMS3, SFO3, and SYD1.
Compared to CPU-Optimized Droplets with Regular Intel CPUs, CPU-Optimized Droplets with Premium Intel CPUs have the latest hardware and five times more network throughput.
Additionally, for a promotional period from 1 February through 30 April 2023, we will not bill for outbound data transfer at speeds faster than 2 Gbps for CPU-Optimized Droplets with Premium Intel CPUs. Learn more about bandwidth billing.
You can use this plan for both standalone Droplets and Kubernetes nodes. You can also resize your existing Droplets to this node plan.
Fedora 35 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
RancherOS is now fully deprecated on our platform and is no longer available in the control panel or API.
The Fedora 37 (fedora-37-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
AlmaLinux OS versions 8.6 and 9 base images are now available in the control panel and via the API.
The Ubuntu 22.10 (ubuntu-22-10-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Premium AMD Droplets now also include servers powered by third generation AMD EPYC processors.
When you create a Droplet using the API (POST /v2/droplets), you can now specify a region (like NYC) instead of a specific datacenter (like NYC3). The API then creates your Droplet in any available datacenter within your specified region. For example, if you want to create a Droplet in San Francisco, you can use the region sfo to guarantee that the Droplet will be in SFO1, SFO2, or SFO3. Additionally, you can omit the region entirely (or set it to an empty string) to create a Droplet in any available region.
The Rocky 9 (rockylinux-9-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
A new CPU-Optimized Droplet plan with more computing power is now available. This plan features 48 vCPUs (up from the previous maximum of 32) and 96 GB of memory (up from the previous maximum of 64).
This large CPU-Optimized Droplet plan is available where CPU-Optimized Droplets are already available, except for BLR1 and SFO2.
You can use this plan for both standalone Droplets and Kubernetes nodes. You can also resize your existing Droplets to this node plan.
Debian 9 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is now only available via the API. We will remove the Debian 9 image from our platform in 30 days.
Ubuntu 21.10 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
The Rocky 8.6 (rockylinux-8-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The DigitalOcean API now supports listing Droplets by name by using the name query parameter, as in GET /v2/droplets?name="your_droplet_name". Learn more in the API documentation.
Fedora 34 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
The following pricing changes are now in effect:
A new $4 Droplet with 512MB of memory, 10GB of storage, 1 vCPU, and 500GB of outbound data transfer is now available in NYC1, FRA1, SFO3, SGP1, and AMS3. The slug is s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb.
We have simplified pricing for DigitalOcean Kubernetes and some Managed Databases for better accuracy and predictibility.
The prices of Droplets, Snapshots, Load Balancers, Reserved IPs, and Custom Images have increased.
There is no change to pricing for Spaces, backups, volumes, DigitalOcean Container Registry, or App Platform. There are also no changes to inbound data transfer or bandwidth pricing.
This is our first major price change in 10 years, and we believe the new model better fits our understanding of our customers and the expanded breadth of our offerings. For a more detailed breakdown of the changes, see our blog post on our new pricing.
To improve security, DigitalOcean no longer accepts TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 connections. This includes connections to www.digitalocean.com, cloud.digitalocean.com, and api.digitalocean.com.
SMTP (port 25) is now blocked for all new accounts. Learn more about SMTP blocking.
When creating a Droplet via the API, we now release the Droplet’s IP address when it is in the active state, instead of the new state.
We have deprecated the FreeBSD image on our platform. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is now only available via the API. We will remove the Fedora 34 image from our platform in 30 days.
The Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (ubuntu-22-04-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Basic Droplets can now have Regular AMD CPUs. Additionally, you can now change between Premium AMD and Premium Intel CPUs when resizing Droplets. Learn more about resizing Droplets and how to choose a Droplet plan.
The Centos Stream 9 (centos-stream-9-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
FreeBSD 11.4 (zfs and ufs), Fedora 33, CentOS 8, and Ubuntu 21.04 have reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, these images are available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove them from our platform.
The Rocky Linux 8.5 x64 (rockylinux-8-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The Droplet Console now supports running the SSH daemon, sshd, on a custom port. Previously, it required sshd to listen on port 22.
The Fedora 35 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
General Purpose Droplets are now available in BLR1.
Ubuntu 20.10 has reached its end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
The Ubuntu 21.10 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The Debian 11.0 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Released v1.63.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release includes a number of new features:
database firewall sub-commands now support apps as trusted sourcesmonitoring alert sub-commands for creating and managing alert policies--droplet-agent flag was added to the compute droplet create sub-command to optionally disable installing the agent for the Droplet web consoleThe Droplet Console is now in General Availability.
CentOS Linux is reaching end of life; CentOS Linux 8 reaches EOL at the end of 2021 and there will be no CentOS Linux 9. As potential replacements, we have released two new Linux distributions for Droplets: CentOS Stream 8 (centos-stream-8-x64) and Rocky Linux 8.4 x64 (rockylinux-8-x64).
The new Droplet Console is now in private beta. The Droplet Console gives you one-click SSH access to your Droplet from within a web browser, so you don’t need a password or SSH keys to connect.
Fedora 32 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Ubuntu 16.04 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Storage-Optimized Droplets are now available in SGP1.
Premium AMD Droplets are now available in NYC1, SGP1, AMS3, BLR1, LON1, and TOR1. You can view the availability of all of our products by datacenter on the regional availability page.
The Fedora 34 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The Ubuntu 21.04 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
With the completion of datacenter work, we have re-enabled resizing between regular and premium Intel Droplets in NYC3 and SGP1.
Storage Optimized Droplets are now available in TOR1 and BLR1.
Our Basic Droplet plans now include Premium Intel and AMD Droplets, which have faster Intel and AMD CPUs and NVMe SSDs. Premium Intel plans are availabile in all regions, and Premium AMD plans are available in NYC3, SFO3, and FRA1.
All users can create Premium Droplets, resize from Regular Intel Droplets to Premium Intel Droplets, and create Premium Droplets as worker nodes in Kubernetes clusters. Resizing between Regular Intel Droplets to Premium Intel Droplets is disabled in NYC3 and SGP1 until the end of March 2021.
FreeBSD 12.1 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
CentOS 6 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
We recently replaced Standard Droplet plans with Basic Droplet plans. Today, we have deprecated Standard Droplet plans from the API for new users. Existing customers will retain access to these plans.
You can view Droplet plans, the resources they provide, and the size slug used to identify them programmatically by querying the /v2/sizes endpoint.
Fedora 31 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Droplet-related error messages now display on the Droplet’s History page in the control panel.
We have reduced the prices of Memory-Optimized Droplets by about 11%. Existing Memory-Optimized Droplets will be charged at the lowered price from the month of November on, reflected in the December invoice.
We have released Storage-Optimized Droplet plans. Storage-Optimized Droplets have NVMe SSD storage and are best for extra-large databases, caches, and analytics workloads.
All users can now create Storage-Optimized Droplets in AMS3, FRA1, LON1, NYC1, and SFO3 using the control panel, API, or CLI. The slugs for the new plans are so-2vcpu-16gb, so-4vcpu-32gb, so-16vcpu-64gb, so-24vcpu-128gb, and so-32vcpu-256gb.
FreeBSD 12.2 UFS and ZFS base images are now available in the control panel and via the API. We have replaced the image slug for the UFS FreeBSD image, freebsd-12-x64, with freebsd-12-x64-ufs. Our support for 12.1 continues for three months after the release date of 12.2, which is currently scheduled for 31 January 2021.
The Fedora 33 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
You can now change the default VPC network for a region. When you change the default VPC network for a region, the new default network will be automatically selected during applicable resource set ups unless otherwise specified.
The Ubuntu 20.10 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
All Droplets created after 1 October 2020 are placed into a VPC network by default. You can no longer manually enable VPC networking on existing Droplets. You can migrate existing Droplets into VPC networks using Snapshots.
Dedicated CPU Droplet plans now offer more SSD size options. Each plan contains SSD size variants that you can choose upon creation or when resizing a dedicated CPU Droplet.
Fedora 30 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Standard Droplet plans have been replaced with Basic Droplet plans. We have added one new plan, s-8vcpu-16gb, and deprecated the following plans:
s-1vcpu-3gbs-3vcpu-1gbs-6vcpu-16gb s-8vcpu-32gbs-12vcpu-48gbs-16vcpu-64gbs-20vcpu-96gbs-24vcpu-128gbs-32vcpu-192gbThese deprecated plans are now unavailable in the control panel, but you can still create Droplets with those plans using the API or doctl.
We have released a Droplet metadata endpoint which returns whether or not a Droplet is scheduled for a live migration. The impact of live migrations on Droplets is minimal, so users now only receive direct notifications for migrations that require us to power down a Droplet, which (except in emergencies) we send 7 days in advance.
Ubuntu 19.10 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Memory-Optimized Droplets are now available for the BLR1 datacenter region.
The FreeBSD 11.4 UFS and ZFS base images are now available in the control panel and via the API.
Memory-Optimized Droplets are now in general availability and are available in the SFO3 and TOR1 datacenter regions.
CoreOS Container Linux has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
Users can now search for Marketplace apps directly from the Droplet Create page.
The ability to choose a root password during Droplet creation has been reinstated.
Users can now use the API to destroy select resources associated with a Droplet when destroying a Droplet. You can destroy snapshots, volumes, or volume snapshots associated with a Droplet.
The Fedora 32 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The DigitalOcean Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service is now available for all customers. VPC replaces the private networking service. Existing private networks will continue to function as normal but with the enhanced security and features of the VPC service. See the description of VPC features for more information.
The Ubuntu 20.04 LTS base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The option to set your own root password during Droplet creation has been temporarily removed. You can still choose to connect to your Droplet using an SSH key or an automatically-generated password via email.
You can now choose a root password during Droplet creation rather than receiving an automatically-generated password via email.
We began the incremental release of the DigitalOcean Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service. It will be available for all customers soon. VPC replaces the private networking service.
Updated the Droplet-based Marketplace WordPress 1-Click App to now use PHP 7.4 and MySQL server 8.0.19.
Users who create a 1-Click App can now access the instructions for their app by clicking the Get Started link next to their Droplet on the project homepage.
You can now only rebuild Droplets from images that use an OS that resides in the same OS family as the Droplet being rebuilt. For example, a Droplet running Ubuntu 16 can be rebuilt from an image running Ubuntu 18, but it cannot be built from an image running Debian.
Users can now destroy select resources associated with a Droplet when destroying a Droplet.
We began the incremental release of a feature that allows users to destroy select resources associated with a Droplet when they destroy the Droplet.
Ubuntu 19.04, FreeBSD 12.0, Fedora 28, Fedora 28 Atomic, and Fedora 29 have reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, these images are available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove them from our platform.
The RancherOS 1.5.5 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The CentOS 8.1 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The Fedora 31 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The Debian 10.2 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The FreeBSD 12.1 (ufs & zfs) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Memory-Optimized Droplets are now available in the SGP1 datacenter region. See Choosing the Right Droplet Plan for more information.
General Purpose Droplets are now available in the LON1 datacenter region. See Choosing the Right Droplet Plan for more information.
Memory-Optimized Droplets are now in general availability and are available in the NYC1 and SFO2 datacenter regions.
The Ubuntu 19.10 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Memory-Optimized Droplets are now in Limited Availability in the NYC3 and AMS3 regions. See Introducing Memory-Optimized Droplets with 8 GB RAM for Each Dedicated vCPU to learn more.
We have updated the default Ubuntu x64 base image from 18.04.1 to 18.04.3. For details about 18.04.3, see the Ubuntu release notes.
We have updated the FreeBSD 12 (ufs & zfs) images to fix a bug related to private networking and SSH keys.
The FreeBSD 11.3 base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
The Debian 10 (buster) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
6-hour and 1-day alert policies for Droplets and Kubernetes worker nodes have been deprecated. No new alert policies with these intervals can be created. Existing alert policies using these intervals will remain in place until 1 August 2019, at which point they will be modified to reflect a 1-hour interval.
We have updated the RancherOS base image from v1.5.1 to v1.5.2 in the control panel and API.
FreeBSD 12.0 (ufs & zfs) base images are now available in the control panel and via the API.
FreeBSD 10.4 (ufs & zfs) has reached end of life and is no longer available from the control panel.
Fedora 27 reached end of life and is no longer available from the control panel.
Fedora 30 base images are now available in the control panel and via the API using the slug fedora-30-x64.
Ubuntu 14.04 reached end of life and is no longer available from the control panel.
Ubuntu 19.04 base images are now available in the control panel and via the API using the slug ubuntu-19-04-x64.
General Purpose Performance Droplet plans are now in General Availability with the addition of SFO2, AMS3, and SGP1.
Debian 8 has reached end of life. We have removed the Debian 8 base image from the control panel and API.
General Purpose Performance Droplet plans were released.
Ubuntu 18.10 base images are now available in the control panel and via the API using the slug ubuntu-18-10-x64.
Ubuntu 18.04 is now the default image when creating new Droplets from the control panel.
Discontinued the CPU-optimized Droplet 2 GB/1vCPU plan.
The Recovery Console now supports pasting information into the console.
We have enabled the 192 GB Standard Droplet plan in AMS3, BLR1, FRA1, LON1, NYC3, NYC1, SGP1, SFO2, and TOR1.
We have updated the default Ubuntu x64 base image from 16.04.4 to 18.04.1. For details about 18.04.1, see the Ubuntu release notes.
Ubuntu 17.10 reached end of life today and is no longer available from the control panel or API.
We updated the Debian 9 base image from 9.4 to 9.5. The image is available in the control panel and via the API using the slug debian-9-x64.
Local disk size for the 1vCPU-Optimized Droplet plan (c-1vcpu-2gb) increased from 20 GB to 25 GB.
The FreeBSD 11.2 is now available through the control panel and through the API using the slug freebsd-11-2-x64-zfs.
The changes to Droplet bandwidth billing announced on April 24 were put into effect.
Debian 7 reached end of life and is no longer available from the control panel.
We updated the RancherOS container image from 12.0 to 14.0. Learn more about the new version on Rancher’s release page.
Expanded Droplet View allows customers using the Dashboard to click on a Droplet and quickly view additional information about the Droplet without having to go to the Droplet Page. It also updates the list of Droplets to display at a glance whether Backups are on/off and if a Floating IP is attached.
Released new Droplet feature to allow customers to boot Droplets from a Recovery ISO. Learn more in How To Recover from File System Corruption Using Fsck and a Recovery ISO.
Turned on Droplet Search in the top navigation for all users. Allows users to quickly search for Droplets by name or IP address and go directly to the Droplet Page.
Fedora 28 is now available using the slugs fedora-28-x64 and fedora-28-x64-atomic. The images are now public to all users.
Ubuntu 18.04 is now available through the control panel and via our API using the slug ubuntu-18-04-x64
Changes to Droplet Bandwidth Billing announced. The new billing plan goes into effect June 1. Charges for June, if any, will appear on the July 1 bill. Customers can view usage and billing information on their billing page.
1vCPU-Optimized Droplet launched.
DigitalOcean upgrades Memory, SSD and vCPU across all Standard, Flexible and Optimized Droplet plans.