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Reverse Proxy from Droplet to App Platform

Hello, In my project I have a constraint where I have to whitelist some IP for a reverse proxy to a specific url /system However I wanted to have the root path be on the App Platform so I can make use of Zero Downtime Deploys and CD, high availability etc. So on the droplet I made a reverse proxy from nginx to the URL generated from the App platform. Everything is working fine, but still I wanted to ask if this is something I could do? Can this have drawbacks in the future? I realise that I will be billed based on the bandwidth on the app platform and not the droplet and that is ok.


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Jon Friesen
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September 10, 2021
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👋 @thecertnginx

Seems reasonable to me. Dedicated egress IPs are something that we have on the roadmap though it’s a ton of work and will take some time.

As for downsides, I guess there may be a tiny bit of added latency. The biggest drawback will be maintaining that Nginx proxy.

Hope this helps!

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