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doctl compute droplet — List, create, and delete virtual machines which are called droplets. More information: <https://docs

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Problem

How to use the doctl compute droplet command: List, create, and delete virtual machines which are called droplets. More information: <https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/compute/droplet/>.

Solution

doctl compute droplet — List, create, and delete virtual machines which are called droplets. More information: <https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/compute/droplet/>.

Create a droplet:

doctl compute {{[d|droplet]}} {{[c|create]}} --region {{region}} --image {{os_image}} --size {{vps_type}} {{droplet_name}}

Delete a droplet:

doctl compute {{[d|droplet]}} {{[d|delete]}} {{droplet_id|droplet_name}}

List droplets:

doctl compute {{[d|droplet]}} {{[ls|list]}}

Code Snippets

Create a droplet

doctl compute {{[d|droplet]}} {{[c|create]}} --region {{region}} --image {{os_image}} --size {{vps_type}} {{droplet_name}}

Delete a droplet

doctl compute {{[d|droplet]}} {{[d|delete]}} {{droplet_id|droplet_name}}

List droplets

doctl compute {{[d|droplet]}} {{[ls|list]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/doctl compute droplet

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