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How to export DigitalOcean Droplet

Did you know that DigitalOcean allows us to export droplets? In other words, we can create a backup of our droplet’s disk image. This comes in handy in various instances. For example, if we want to migrate our droplet to another cloud hosting provider, or we want to keep a local copy of the droplet for disaster recovery purposes.

Let’s take a look at exporting a droplet from DigitalOcean:

1. First, we must log in to our DigitalOcean account.
2. Then, click the Droplets tab and choose the droplet we want to export. Then click More and select Export.
3. Next, choose the format that we want to export our droplet. The commonly chosen formats are VMDK, VHD, and RAW.
4. At this point, we can either download the exported droplet to our local machine or save it to a DigitalOcean space.
5. Once the format and destination are selected, we have to click Create Export to start the export process. The process may take a few minutes depending on the size of our droplet and chosen format.

At the end of the day, exporting a droplet is a handy way to create backups of our droplets in case of data loss or migrate our droplets to another cloud hosting provider. It is an easy process as seen above and can be done quickly and easily from the DigitalOcean control panel.

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Conclusion

In summary, our Support Techs demonstrated how to a export droplet in DigitalOcean.