By lxhao403
Hi,
I’m developing a NextJS web app and I want to setup a dev env such that there’s always a up-to-date application reading from the github repo.
However, since it’s the dev branch, I want to it only be accessed if the request is ona VPN.
My plan
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- Setup a VPN service in a droplet (solved, there’s tutorial)
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- Deploy an app such that it’s only accessible when on that VPN (? not sure how to achieve this)
I imagine i can do some IP check in NextJS? but wondering if there’s more elegant solution like setup the firewall on 2)'s droplet (I guess I cannot just deploy it through the App product)
Wondering if anyone did similar and can offer some input. Thanks
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You can use a mixture of VPN and Firewall configurations to restrict access to your DEV environment.
In the VPN setup, you can use the VPN server’s IP address to set rules in the Firewall configuration. For the firewall, you can block all incoming traffic except that coming from your VPN’s IP address. This way, your applications can only be accessed through the VPN.
You can check our Firewall documentation
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/firewalls/how-to/configure-rules/
Hope that this helps!
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