Impossible to Open TCP Port to External App

Hi all,

I’m giving this a go as my last resort. It seems Droplets do not have the option of opening a custom TCP port to external applications. I can open the port internally, but no way to access it externally.

I’ve tried everything I know, including a couple of DO tutorials that cover things that simply don’t work.

DigitalOcean have obviously done something here, block ports for some reason, given the number of posts and lack of clear answers.

Is it a money thing? Will the block ‘go away’ if I pay more?

Any insight would be welcome. If that is just ‘forget it, it’s not going to happen here’ fair enough. I’ve lost a day, but better than losing 2 or 3.

Massively disappoint with DO. It could be a great service. But this abstraction of TCP ports, which you only discover once you’d installed everything, is not fun or fair.