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Allow raw TCP connections on App Platform

Is there a way to allow an application hosted on app platform to accept raw TCP requests? I’m trying to develop a REST API listening on port 8080 that also listens on port 8883 for MQTT connections.

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Bobby Iliev
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• May 11, 2023

Hey @jtoeniskoetterjt,

I don’t think that this is possible at the moment. What I usually do is to run such services like MQTT, Kafka and etc. on a Droplet and then use the App Platform to connect to them:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-secure-the-mosquitto-mqtt-messaging-broker-on-ubuntu-18-04

The best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to our Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.

https://ideas.digitalocean.com/

Hope that helps!

- Bobby.

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