Supported provider
DigitalOcean DNS, in the same place as everything else.
Does DNSMentor support DigitalOcean?
Yes. DNSMentor manages DigitalOcean DNS through its API, showing its zones alongside the other 25 supported providers in a single estate view. Every DigitalOcean change goes through the same 56 pre-flight checks, approval policy, independent verification and tamper-evident audit trail as every other provider.
Connecting DigitalOcean
- Create the credential in DigitalOcean DigitalOcean control panel → API (left-hand menu) → Tokens tab → Generate New Token. Prefer a custom-scoped token limited to the Domain and Domain Record scopes with read and update selected — add create and delete only if DNSMentor should manage whole zones. A full-access token also works but can change every resource in the account, including Droplets and billing. The value is shown once, when the token is created, and cannot be retrieved afterwards. DigitalOcean tokens cannot be restricted to a source IP address.
- Add the connection in DNSMentor Go to Admin → Providers & API keys, choose DigitalOcean, and paste the credential. DNSMentor stores it encrypted and strips it from every log and export.
- Sync the estate DNSMentor discovers every zone the DigitalOcean account holds and imports every record in them. This is a read operation — nothing is written to any zone.
- Group by client and start working Assign the imported domains to client portfolios, and the estate view, health scoring, checks and audit trail apply from that point on.
What DigitalOcean asks you for
The exact fields DNSMentor needs, and where in DigitalOcean to create them. Every secret is encrypted at rest and stripped by name from logs, exports and the audit trail.
API Token secret DigitalOcean control panel → API (left-hand menu) → Tokens tab → Generate New Token. Prefer a custom-scoped token limited to the Domain and Domain Record scopes with read and update selected — add create and delete only if DNSMentor should manage whole zones. A full-access token also works but can change every resource in the account, including Droplets and billing. The value is shown once, when the token is created, and cannot be retrieved afterwards. DigitalOcean tokens cannot be restricted to a source IP address.
The sharp edge in DigitalOcean's API
Every provider API has one behaviour that catches integrations out. This is DigitalOcean's, and DNSMentor's adapter is written around it — the sort of thing you would otherwise discover during a migration.
What you get on top of the DigitalOcean console
One estate, not one provider
DigitalOcean zones sit beside every other provider your clients came with, grouped by the client who pays for them and searchable in one place.
56 checks before apply
The DigitalOcean console will accept a second SPF record or an MX pointing at an address without comment. DNSMentor will not.
Approval and audit
A second pair of eyes where policy requires it, and a hash-chained record of who changed what — neither of which a provider console offers.
DigitalOcean questions
Can I manage DigitalOcean DNS alongside my other providers?
Yes. DNSMentor connects DigitalOcean through its API and shows its zones in the same estate view as every other provider you connect — 26 are supported in total. Your engineers work in one interface instead of switching between provider portals, and the same checks, approval policy and audit trail apply regardless of which provider a domain happens to be with.
What credentials does DNSMentor need for DigitalOcean?
DNSMentor needs API Token for DigitalOcean. DigitalOcean control panel → API (left-hand menu) → Tokens tab → Generate New Token. Prefer a custom-scoped token limited to the Domain and Domain Record scopes with read and update selected — add create and delete only if DNSMentor should manage whole zones. A full-access token also works but can change every resource in the account, including Droplets and billing. The value is shown once, when the token is created, and cannot be retrieved afterwards. DigitalOcean tokens cannot be restricted to a source IP address.
Does DNSMentor move my zones away from DigitalOcean?
No. Your zones stay hosted at DigitalOcean and remain authoritative there. DNSMentor reads and writes through the DigitalOcean API, so nothing about your resolution path changes, and if you stop using DNSMentor the zones carry on exactly as they are.
Does DNSMentor validate DigitalOcean changes before applying them?
Yes. All 56 checks run against the zone as it would exist after the change, whichever provider hosts it. The change is then simulated, routed for approval if policy requires it, written through the DigitalOcean API after re-reading live state, and independently verified in public DNS afterwards.
Other providers DNSMentor manages
Connect DigitalOcean in about five minutes.
Paste one credential, sync, and see every zone in that account. It is a read operation — nothing is written until somebody presses apply.
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