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Connect App Platform To Droplet Via VPS

I have a DB"CouchDB" setting on a Droplet"vps" and i was wonder the best way to connect it to my Python API On the App Platform. Was thinking a vpn but not sure if possible to setup a vpn from App platform to a Droplet.


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Bobby Iliev
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August 27, 2022

Hi there,

As of the time being the App Platform does not come up with a static IP address, so you would need to open up your Droplet to accept connections from anywhere.

There is an idea already submitted for this which you could upvote here:

https://ideas.digitalocean.com/digitalocean/p/app-platform-static-ip

In the meantime, whenever possible I would suggest using a managed database as those can be secured using the trusted sources:

https://www.digitalocean.com/products/managed-databases

Best,

Bobby

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