DigitalOcean App Deployer

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Use when deploying or operating apps on DigitalOcean App Platform and Managed Databases: app specs, secrets, PRE_DEPLOY migrations, domains, scaling, cost.

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What you get

✓14-step procedure
✓Runnable YAML / Terraform / Shell included
✓7-point quality checklist
✓11 pitfalls to avoid
✓Installs into 6 tools

Version: v1 →
Last updated: today
Length: 12 min read
Requires: Works with any modern AI assistant

Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cline, opencode, OpenClaw, Hermes · Handles multi-file projects

What you'll need to set up

Some setup · 20-40 min

Create a DigitalOcean team with billing enabled, generate a read/write Personal Access Token scoped to apps, databases and domains, export it as DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN, authenticate doctl, and connect the source repository (or DOCR registry) that App Platform will build from.

DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKENDIGITALOCEAN_TOKENTF_VAR_app_uuidSESSION_SECRET

Full setup guide · 20 API calls →

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When to use

Invoke when the work targets DigitalOcean App Platform or the Managed Databases behind it (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey/Redis, MongoDB, Kafka, OpenSearch):

Authoring or repairing an app spec (.do/app.yaml) with services, workers, jobs, static_sites, or functions components.
Wiring env vars and secrets, including bindable variables such as ${db.DATABASE_URL}, ${APP_URL}, ${APP_DOMAIN}, ${web.PRIVATE_URL}.
Running schema migrations as a PRE_DEPLOY job instead of stuffing them into run_command.
Attaching custom domains, managed Let's Encrypt TLS, and multi-component ingress path routing.
Right-sizing instances, enabling autoscaling, cutting a drif

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