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Using OAuth2 with a Digital Ocean App deployment
👋 @captainabofficial App Platform uses containers to deploy this means that the underlying FS is ephemeral so everytime there i…Accepted Answer: 👋 @captainabofficial App Platform uses containers to deploy this means that the underlying FS is ephemeral so everytime there i… -
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Telegram Bot Deploying Issue using github
👋 @dropguruji Great question, I also run a Telegram bot on App Platform (though mine is written in Go) and ran into this same i… -
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How to connect to MongoDB on App Platform - PHP
👋 @nawfal I don’t think that error is related to the MongoDB. Build Error: Non-Zero Exit means that during build/detection th… -
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Best DigitalOcean offering for single-node Docker Swarm app
👋 @writerUrchin I think either App Platform or Droplets could handle your app. App Platform would be easiest to maintain and gr… -
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DATABASE_URL is not recognized after following the django setup. Database says provisioning
👋 @jakesteele54 Thanks for reaching out. The logs look like build logs, not deployment logs. The DATABASE_URL env vars are not … -
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How am I supposed to store a cert for a deployed app?
👋 @skeddtemp Great question, while App Platform doesn’t allow injection of secrets to files yet, there is an easy workaround us…Accepted Answer: 👋 @skeddtemp Great question, while App Platform doesn’t allow injection of secrets to files yet, there is an easy workaround us… -
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Install new packages in App Platform
👋 @Kaii If you’re using buildpacks with App Platform, apt commands are not supported, though we plan to offer a method to do … -
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Reverse Proxy from Droplet to App Platform
👋 @thecertnginx Seems reasonable to me. Dedicated egress IPs are something that we have on the roadmap though it’s a ton of wor…Accepted Answer: 👋 @thecertnginx Seems reasonable to me. Dedicated egress IPs are something that we have on the roadmap though it’s a ton of wor… -
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Deploying a React app using pm2 and serve in App Platform
👋 @mateusAxolotl This is occurring because pidusage uses an underlying SYSCALL which is not available on App Platform, this i… -
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Is there a way to block IP ranges on App Platform?
👋 @littledog It is not possible to do this via App Platform and would require the blocking to occur within your app with data l…Accepted Answer: 👋 @littledog It is not possible to do this via App Platform and would require the blocking to occur within your app with data l… -
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Why would i use App Platform VS Kubernetes (and other questions)
👋 @RhinoCodes Great questions, I’m going to address the database question first. DigitalOcean’s managed databases have automati…Accepted Answer: 👋 @RhinoCodes Great questions, I’m going to address the database question first. DigitalOcean’s managed databases have automati… -
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Can I use Litestream SQLite replication with App Platform?
👋 Hey! Great question, currently SQLite replication with Litestream and DO Spaces will not work, though it should be supported in a…Accepted Answer: 👋 Hey! Great question, currently SQLite replication with Litestream and DO Spaces will not work, though it should be supported in a… -
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Can I use Litestream SQLite replication with App Platform?
Can I use Litestream SQLite replication with App Platform and DigitalOcean Spaces?Accepted Answer: 👋 Hey! Great question, currently SQLite replication with Litestream and DO Spaces will not work, though it should be supported in a future update. To provide a bit more detail, App Platform runs apps and builds on top... -
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How to include OpenCV when building Flask app from Github using App Platform?
👋 @Occutracker Great question, I think this would be a good candidate for using Dockerfile based builds. I hacked together a… -
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How to deploy django app to D.O. app platform
👋 @reevotekdev I don’t see any immediate issues with the configs you posted. Check the Deployment -> Deploy logs to see if ther… -
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How to install pgAdmin 4 as an app platform component
Hi @hashemi I don’t think this will work with App Platform currently. PGAdmin4 requires a custom header which we don’t support,… -
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Securing SMTP credentials
👋 @brownjohno1993 Great question! App Platform will automatically decrypt and inject the plaintext into the the environment var…Accepted Answer: 👋 @brownjohno1993 Great question! App Platform will automatically decrypt and inject the plaintext into the the environment var… -
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How do I upgrade plan in Basic package of App Platform ?
👋 @anjanesh You can change the instance size in Settings > your component (under scaling). At the root of the Settings page …Accepted Answer: 👋 @anjanesh You can change the instance size in Settings > your component (under scaling). At the root of the Settings page … -
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How can we configure PlanetScale with App Platform?
👋 Great question! Since PlanetScale has a neat client that creates a proxy to the database instance, we will have to install and…Accepted Answer: 👋 Great question! Since PlanetScale has a neat client that creates a proxy to the database instance, we will have to install and… -
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How can we configure PlanetScale with App Platform?
I would like to use PlanetScale with my App Platform app, how can I configure it to use the proxy that is required?Accepted Answer: 👋 Great question! Since PlanetScale has a neat client that creates a proxy to the database instance, we will have to install and authenticate that tool so that it can inject a DATABASE_URL environment variable into th...