# Run Codex in the cloud - DigitalOcean for Codex is now available

DevFeed: [Run Codex in the cloud - DigitalOcean for Codex is now available](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/run-codex-in-the-cloud-digitalocean-for-codex-is-now-available-19940.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/run-codex-in-the-cloud>)

Author: Ari Sigal

Published: 2026-06-25T21:16:06Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [DigitalOcean](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/digitalocean.md>)

Topics: [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/codex.md>), [Digital Ocean](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-ocean.md>), [remote-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/remote-development.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/provisioning.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>)

Tags: [ai-ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-ml.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [digitalocean](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digitalocean.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [preview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/preview.md>), [product-updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-updates.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [remote-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-development.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>)

## AI overview

DigitalOcean announces a Public Preview plugin for Codex that lets developers provision persistent, Codex-ready cloud development machines in their own DigitalOcean accounts using natural-language prompts. The resulting Droplets include the Codex CLI, common programming-language tooling, and SSH access.

## Source excerpt

As your agents are working on more complex, long-running work, they need a clean, persistent environment to keep running. Setting up a persistent remote machine by hand means creating a cloud server, configuring SSH keys, installing dependencies, and wiring everything back to your workflow. It's a lot of infrastructure work before you write a single line of code. Today, we're making that easier. The DigitalOcean plugin for Codex is now available in Public Preview, letting developers create and connect Codex-ready cloud development machines in their own DigitalOcean account directly from within Codex -- using natural language, with no manual setup. This means that not only can your work continue running when you step away, but with Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app you can stay in control -- starting, steering, or monitoring work from wherever you are. What is DigitalOcean for Codex? The DigitalOcean plugin connects your DigitalOcean account to the Codex app, letting you provision a persistent remote development environment on demand. Instead of manually spinning up a server and configuring it, you can ask Codex to do it. The result: a DigitalOcean Droplet® that's pre-configured with the Codex CLI, common programming language tooling (based on the codex-universal Docker image), and SSH access -- so your work can keep running and stay within reach, even when you're not at your desk. How it works Starting from Codex Install the DigitalOcean plugin from the Codex plugin directory. During installation, you'll connect your DigitalOcean account via OAuth -- no API tokens to create or paste. Then prompt: @DigitalOcean create a new remote machine Codex will: Provision a new Droplet from the Codex Droplet template Generate and configure an SSH key on your device Wait for the machine to finish provisioning (and check back automatically when it's ready) Return a deeplink to the Codex SSH connections page to finalize the connection Once connected, you're running Codex on a persistent