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Generate DigitalOcean API Token


  1. From the left-hand navigation of the Digital Ocean dashboard, under the Account section choose API
  2. Under Personal access tokens, click on Generate New Token
  3. In the New personal access token popup, enter a Token Name; Select scopes: Read and Write scopes (save API key), and click on Generate Token
  4. Copy the token (it will be 64-characters and alpha-numeric)

NOTE: if you have multiple autoscaling environments (for example, develop and production), then you need to create separate API keys for each environment, to ensure that they stay isolated.

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