DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) Skill

Overview

DOKS is a managed Kubernetes service — DO manages the control plane (API server, etcd, scheduler) at no charge. You pay only for worker nodes (Droplets), load balancers, and volumes.

Creating a Cluster

# Minimal cluster — 2 nodes, basic size
doctl kubernetes cluster create dev-cluster \
  --region nyc3 \
  --node-pool "name=default;size=s-2vcpu-4gb;count=2" \
  --version latest