App Platform

It would be great if we could use cloud firewalls to control access to deployed applications using App Platform. I've got some private applications that I would deploy using your PaaS offering immediately if I could firewall it off.

I'm trying to serve Server-Sent Events (SSE) using Flask on the DO App Platform, but instead of streaming, something on DO's side seems to be caching the entire response and only returning it in one big chunk. I've been trying and trying to debug, and finally found this page which seems to indicate it's not possible? https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-enable-http-response-streaming-in-the-app-platform So I have to migrate off the app platform now I guess? Or am I missing something?

We would like to connect to a remote SFTP server from our App Container. This is currently not possible because port 22 is blocked. We don't need to connect to the App Container, just from the App Container to a remote server.

Scenario: I have a public website e.g. www.mywebsite.com I have a beta website, not yet production ready e.g. private.mywebsite.com This would allow us the ability to have our website live in a version that isn't quite production ready, allowing us to share it with other users without needing to set up local dev environments, or requiring any additional dev work on our apps to require a password for access The easiest way I believe this can be achieved is by utilising passwords defined in the .htaccess file Example: https://www.lcn.com/support/articles/how-to-password-protect-a-folder-on-your-website-with-htaccess/

Hey everyone, I’m currently working on an Airbnb clone project and would love to get some honest feedback on the UI/UX designs we’ve been developing. Our goal is to create a smooth, intuitive experience for both hosts and guests—something that doesn’t just look great, but functions effortlessly too. We’ve taken a modular design approach, inspired by successful platforms across different industries. For example, while working on a Whitelabel Fitness App recently, we learned a lot about user flow and mobile-first design, which we've carried over into this project. The idea is to maintain consistency while still keeping the experience unique to a vacation rental platform. The development is being supported by Suffescom Solutions, who’ve brought a lot of value in terms of scalability and design logic. Their feedback loop has been very productive, but I’m keen to hear from a wider community. For more information you can also visit on https://www.suffescom.com/airbnb-like-app If you’ve got a few minutes, I’d appreciate any insights on: Clarity of navigation Ease of listing a property Booking flow and filters Mobile responsiveness Happy to share mockups or a demo link on request. Open to all constructive criticism—thanks in advance!

At the moment we can deploy only branches. It would be very useful to deploy tags or commits

FrankenPHP is an exciting modern PHP application server built on top of Caddy. It offers significant performance benefits over traditional setups by running PHP as a long-lived process and integrating directly with Caddy’s robust web server features. I’d love to see native support or official build templates for FrankenPHP + Caddy on App Platform. This would allow Laravel (and other PHP) developers to take full advantage of modern PHP hosting approaches without having to resort to custom VPS setups. Benefits: • Native HTTP/3 support via Caddy • Performance boosts via long-lived PHP processes • Modern deployment stack aligned with other modern languages • Great for Laravel, Symfony, and other modern PHP frameworks Please consider adding support or at least an official guide/template for using FrankenPHP with App Platform.

The error message served by app platform when the Load balancer is overloaded is very generic, very confusing. The customer should have the option to have a custom error page that is served since the end user sees this and the language is not clear (see attached) Minimally, if there is no customization, then please change the language so that it's clearer to the end user

When I create an app on App Platform, DO assigns it a random subdomain at “ ondigitalocean.app ”. I can then define a custom domain for this app too. It would be good be able to block access via the default domain. The use case is that we are using Cloudflare Zero Trust to protect an app, and this works fine except for the fact that the protection can be completely bypassed simply by using the default non-custom domain name.

I would like to see an option to modify Cloudflare behaviour or completely disable it for App Platform, since Cloudflare sometimes acts like a man-in-the-middle and modifies the sourcecode sent by the app, which means you can't really be sure that the client gets what you send from the app.