progressive_disclosure:
entry_point:
summary: "DigitalOcean overview: accounts, projects, tooling (Control Panel, doctl, API, Terraform), and service map for compute, storage, databases, networking, management, teams."
when_to_use:
- "When onboarding to DigitalOcean or planning architecture"
- "When selecting DigitalOcean services for a workload"
- "When setting up teams, projects, and automation"
quick_start:
- "Create a project in the Control Panel"
- "Generate API tokens and add SSH keys"
- "Install doctl and authenticate"
- "Choose compute, storage, and database services"
token_estimate:
entry: 90-110
full: 3000-4000
DigitalOcean provides cloud services for compute, storage, networking, and managed databases, plus monitoring and team management. Use the Control Panel, doctl CLI, REST API, or Terraform for provisioning and operations.