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How To Install WordPress on App Platform
👋 @techgopalio Johannes Siipola wrote a cool blog post on [Installing WordPress on the DigitalOcean App Platform](https://siipo… -
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Is the entire directory for an App overwritten on each deployment from GitHub?
👋 @chizdippler App Platform apps are deployed inside containers which are ephemerical, everytime that a deploy occurs the last …Accepted Answer: 👋 @chizdippler App Platform apps are deployed inside containers which are ephemerical, everytime that a deploy occurs the last … -
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Connecting the application to the database
👋 @kaminbart Trusted Sources support with App Platform is not currently supported. We are working hard on this and hope to have… -
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Scaling App Platform
👋 @tasmcan Welcome to App Platform, excited to have you here! As you said sizing is not easy, and it’s difficult to recommend s… -
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Exclude GitHub repo files from being deployed
👋 @dazwilkin Great question, when generating your static site, saving the content you want to deploy to a specific folder, call… -
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How to link a static site on the App Platform to a subdomain
👋 @EricSom Great question, currently we do not support this functionality, but I can definitely see the use. It’d be great if y…Accepted Answer: 👋 @EricSom Great question, currently we do not support this functionality, but I can definitely see the use. It’d be great if y… -
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How do I call a long-running script on DigitalOcean App Platform?
There’s no way for any part of the app to directly send information to the worker, so the worker process should continuously poll…Accepted Answer: There’s no way for any part of the app to directly send information to the worker, so the worker process should continuously poll… -
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Using private docker repo on App Platform
👋 @aaply We don’t currently support private Docker Hub images. We hope to offer this functionality in the future. We do support … -
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How do I call a long-running script on DigitalOcean App Platform?
👋 @fsduncan Great question! Workers are not routable, meaning they cannot be accessed remotely, however, they can access servic… -
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Localization on App Platform
👋 @brankoilicc In your follow up comment I see you’re using Angular. Using the [Angular Router](https://angular.io/guide/router… -
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How to Adjust the Server TimeZone in App Platform
👋 @ctoMorel You can set the timezone with an TZ environment variable, for example: TZ='Africa/Lagos' Hope thi…Accepted Answer: 👋 @ctoMorel You can set the timezone with an TZ environment variable, for example: TZ='Africa/Lagos' Hope thi… -
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How to include a x509 certificate in Apps
👋 @OkanA You could put the certificates raw text as an environment variable and then prepend an output command to our run comma…Accepted Answer: 👋 @OkanA You could put the certificates raw text as an environment variable and then prepend an output command to our run comma… -
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How can use submodules in private repos with Gitlab in DO Apps
👋 @DenysK Great question. Git submodules are a bit of a pain; that said we are iterating on this and trying to make it better i… -
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Disable auto-deploy on Apps platform for certain commits
👋 @adamtroll Interesting use-case! Here’s a possible solution: Create another branch (eg. production) and set that as the …Accepted Answer: 👋 @adamtroll Interesting use-case! Here’s a possible solution: Create another branch (eg. production) and set that as the … -
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Can I load balance between regions using the App Platform?
👋 @sebastianbrerup Currently a single app cannot span more than one region, however you could deploy your application in each r…Accepted Answer: 👋 @sebastianbrerup Currently a single app cannot span more than one region, however you could deploy your application in each r… -
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Uploading docker image fails repeatedly
👋 @draganstepanovic Please submit a ticket with our support so we can take a look at your app: https://do.co/2RvJI2Y Than… -
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How to loadbalance php webservice
👋 @tasmcan It sounds like App Platform might be a great choice for your app backend. App Platform automatically monitors your s… -
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Why does Static App have a 'region'?
👋 @casey7398 Great question! You are right, the region for static sites has little impact since the static site is propogated t… -
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How to add skeleton database to dedicated database using app platform
👋 @vivattido This is a known issue between DigitalOcean and some PHP projects. There is a historical thread which I’ll link bel… -
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How to show gitlab group's projects in App Platform?
👋 @elenaRay I just deployed a fix for this. All repositories that you are an owner of should appear in the GitLab dropdown list…Accepted Answer: 👋 @elenaRay I just deployed a fix for this. All repositories that you are an owner of should appear in the GitLab dropdown list…