App Platform - Blocking access via default subdomain

Hey @benbbce8fffc042,

I don’t think that this is available out of the box with the App Platform.

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/

In the meantime, what you could do here is to restrict access on your application level. For example, if you are using Node.js you could have a middleware that checks this and redirects the traffic accordingly, e.g.:

app.use((req, res, next) => {
  if (req.hostname !== 'your-custom-domain.com') {
    return res.redirect(301, 'https://your-custom-domain.com');
  }
  next();
});

- Bobby.

Hi all!

Quick update here, I have been informed that the DigitalOcean team has confirmed that they have started working on this.

You can follow the progress here: https://ideas.digitalocean.com/app-platform/p/disable-starter-domain-app-platform

Or keep an eye on the release notes at: https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/

Thanks again for the suggestion!

- Bobby