Question

How to secure database connection to App Platform?

Posted on March 10, 2021
DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL Database DigitalOcean App Platform
Asked by MihkelL

As I understand, the databases in cluster are accessible over the network from anywhere.

What’s the recommended way for securing an Database connection with App Platform application? How to set it up so that nobody else can try to login to my database except my application that’s in App Platform?

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Sri Charan Madhavapeddi

DigitalOcean Employee

• August 11, 2021

Accepted Answer

Hello all,

We now have this feature of Trusted sources on App Platform. Refer to below link for more insights:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/manage-databases/ https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/#5-august-2021

Hope this helps!

Cheers, Sri Charan

Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• March 11, 2021

Hey @MihkelL,

I believe that as of the time being this is not possible but it is something that the DigitalOcean team are working on.

It looks like someone has had the same idea before and has posted it on our Product Ideas board. The best thing to do would be to head over and add your vote to it, as well as adding any additional information in the comments for exactly what you’d like to see implemented!