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What is this integration?

Provision and manage DigitalOcean managed databases.

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Supported Engines

EngineSlugVersions
PostgreSQLpg11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
MySQLmysql5.7, 8.0
Valkeyvalkey7, 8
MongoDBmongodb4.4, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
Apache Kafkakafka3.5
OpenSearchopensearch1.x, 2.x
Note: Redis has been replaced by Valkey on DigitalOcean. If you want to use Redis, use valkey as the engine instead. For backwards compatibility, specifying engine: redis will automatically be mapped to valkey.

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What Monk manages

  • Database clusters and configuration

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Obtaining DigitalOcean Credentials

To use DigitalOcean Managed Databases with Monk, you’ll need a DigitalOcean API token.

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What You’ll Need

  • Personal Access Token - DigitalOcean API token with read/write access
  • Optional: Default region (e.g., nyc1)

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Step-by-Step

  1. Log into DigitalOcean at https://cloud.digitalocean.com
  2. Click API in the left sidebar
  3. Go to Tokens/Keys tab
  4. Click Generate New Token
  5. Token name: “Monk Deployment”
  6. Scopes: Check both Read and Write
  7. Click Generate Token
  8. Copy the token immediately - it’s shown only once
  9. Save it securely

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Providing to Monk

When deploying to DigitalOcean, ask Monk: 
deploy to DigitalOcean

use DigitalOcean managed MongoDB
Monk will request your DigitalOcean credentials if not already configured.

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Security Best Practices

✅ Rotate tokens regularly - Generate new tokens every 90 days ✅ Revoke unused tokens - Remove old tokens from DigitalOcean ✅ Use minimal scopes - Read + Write is sufficient for Monk ✅ Monitor usage - Check DigitalOcean activity logs

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Getting Started

  1. Provide DigitalOcean credentials to Monk when prompted
  2. Define a PostgreSQL cluster (save as do-db.yaml): 
namespace: digitalocean-database-example

my-postgres-db:
  defines: digitalocean-database/database
  name: my-postgres-cluster
  engine: pg
  version: "16"
  num_nodes: 1
  region: nyc1
  size: db-s-1vcpu-1gb
  1. Create/update:
monk update digitalocean-database-example/my-postgres-db

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Backup & Restore Actions

DigitalOcean managed databases include automatic daily backups with 7-day retention.
ActionDescriptionKey Parameters
get-backup-infoShow backup config and PITR status-
list-backupsList available backup points-
describe-backupGet backup detailsbackup_created_at
restoreFork new cluster from backupnew_cluster_name, backup_created_at
get-restore-statusCheck fork progresscluster_id

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Restore Example

# List available backups
monk do digitalocean-database-example/my-postgres-db/list-backups

# Restore to new cluster
monk do digitalocean-database-example/my-postgres-db/restore \
  --new_cluster_name=restored-db \
  --backup_created_at=2024-01-15T00:00:00Z
Note: Restore creates a NEW independent cluster (no in-place restore). PITR is supported for PostgreSQL and MySQL only.