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digitalocean-management skill

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This skill helps you implement DigitalOcean monitoring, uptime checks, and project-based organization to improve observability and operational visibility.

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---
name: digitalocean-management
description: DigitalOcean management services for monitoring, uptime checks, and resource organization with Projects. Use when setting up observability, alerts, and operational visibility on DigitalOcean.
progressive_disclosure:
  entry_point:
    summary: "DigitalOcean management services for monitoring, uptime checks, and resource organization with Projects. Use when setting up observability, alerts, and operational visibility on DigitalOcean."
    when_to_use: "When working with version control, branches, or pull requests."
    quick_start: "1. Review the core concepts below. 2. Apply patterns to your use case. 3. Follow best practices for implementation."
---
# DigitalOcean Management Skill

---
progressive_disclosure:
  entry_point:
    summary: "DigitalOcean management: Monitoring, Uptime checks, Projects for resource organization and operational visibility."
    when_to_use:
      - "When setting up monitoring and alerting"
      - "When organizing resources into projects"
      - "When tracking uptime for services"
    quick_start:
      - "Create Projects for each environment"
      - "Enable Monitoring and alerts"
      - "Configure Uptime checks"
      - "Review dashboards regularly"
  token_estimate:
    entry: 90-110
    full: 3200-4300
---

## Overview

DigitalOcean management services provide monitoring, uptime checks, and resource organization to keep workloads healthy and visible.

## Monitoring

- Enable monitoring for Droplets and clusters.
- Track CPU, memory, and disk metrics.
- Configure alerts for critical thresholds.

## Uptime

- Create checks for URLs, hostnames, and IPs.
- Set alert notifications for downtime and latency.
- Monitor SSL expiration where applicable.

## Projects

- Group resources by application or environment.
- Use Projects to scope ownership and visibility.

## Operational Workflow

- Standardize Projects and naming.
- Enable Monitoring and baseline alerts.
- Add Uptime checks for public endpoints.
- Review metrics and alerts after deployments.

## Complementary Skills

When using this skill, consider these related skills (if deployed):

- **digitalocean-networking**: Load balancers and DNS routing visibility.
- **digitalocean-storage**: Backup and snapshot strategy.
- **digitalocean-managed-databases**: Database metrics and alerts.

*Note: Complementary skills are optional. This skill is fully functional without them.*

## Resources

**DigitalOcean Docs**:
- Management: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/management/
- Monitoring: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/monitoring/
- Uptime: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/uptime/
- Projects: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/projects/

Overview

This skill provides DigitalOcean management for monitoring, uptime checks, and resource organization using Projects. It helps you establish observability, alerts, and operational visibility across droplets, clusters, and public endpoints. Use it to standardize monitoring, reduce downtime, and simplify ownership tracking across environments.

How this skill works

The skill configures and inspects DigitalOcean Monitoring for compute resources, collecting CPU, memory, disk, and custom metrics. It sets up Uptime checks for URLs, hostnames, and IPs and configures alert notifications for downtime, latency, and SSL expiration. It also organizes resources into Projects to scope ownership, enforce naming patterns, and simplify dashboards and access.

When to use it

When setting up monitoring and alerting for new or existing infrastructure
When you need uptime checks for public endpoints or APIs
When organizing resources by application, team, or environment
When establishing baseline metrics and post-deployment verification

Best practices

Create a Project per environment (production, staging, dev) and per application team
Enable Monitoring on all droplets and managed clusters; collect CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics
Define alert thresholds for both critical and warning levels to avoid alert fatigue
Add Uptime checks for all externally facing endpoints and monitor SSL expiry
Standardize naming conventions and document Project ownership for rapid incident routing

Example use cases

Onboard a new application: create Project, enable Monitoring, add Uptime checks, and set alert channels
Post-deployment review: use dashboards to verify performance baselines and adjust alerts
Incident triage: correlate uptime alerts with droplet metrics to find root cause
Resource cleanup: use Projects to list and retire unused resources responsibly

FAQ

Does this skill require additional DigitalOcean services?

No. It uses DigitalOcean’s built-in Monitoring, Uptime, and Projects features, though you may integrate external alerting channels or third-party tools if desired.

Can I monitor managed databases and load balancers?

Yes. Monitoring covers droplets and managed clusters; for managed databases and load balancers, enable their specific metrics and include them in Projects and alerting workflows.