Question
Options for static IP requirement while keeping my apps on App Platform?
- Posted on May 11, 2022
- DigitalOcean App Platform
Asked by Brian Maher
I’m working on a project and for simplicity I’m using App Platform for my REST API application.
I am integrating with a 3rd party API that requires whitelisting a static IP address, which App Platform does not support.
My first thought to solve this issue was to setup a proxy on a droplet with a floating IP that forwards requests to my API URL but can serve as the static IP gateway for requests to/from this 3rd party.
Would something like this work or is there a simpler alternative I could consider?
I was hoping to avoid having to manage a droplet and was hoping for an out-of-the-box solution for something like this.
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Hi there,
Quick update here, you can now add dedicated egress IP addresses to your apps on App Platform. Dedicated egress IP addresses allow your app to connect to resources outside of DigitalOcean using a publicly available static IP address.
Dedicated egress IP addresses are a paid feature that allows your app to connect to resources outside of DigitalOcean using a static IP address and allow you to restrict external resources to receive only outgoing traffic from your app. Dedicated egress IP addresses persist through redeployments but are removed from the app if you disable the feature or the app is destroyed.
You can add a dedicated egress IPs to your app after you deploy the app. To do so, in the DigitalOcean Control Panel, go to the Apps page and click your app. Click the Settings tab, scroll to the Dedicated Egress IP Addresses section, and then click the Edit button beside the section.
In the Edit menu, click the Add Dedicated Egress IP button. This assigns two IP addresses to your app and triggers a redeployment.
To remove a dedicated egress IP address, in the same Edit menu, click Release Dedicated Egress IPs. This removes the IP addresses from the app and triggers a redeployment. Once IP addresses have been released, the same addresses cannot be re-added to the app.
Hope that this helps!
Best,
Bobby
same request
Hey @codegardener,
Currently, the App platform does not come with static IP addresses.
But this is a great idea, sounds like it’d be super useful!
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!
Hope that helps!
- Bobby.