Apple ID (idmsa.apple.com) blocking DigitalOcean IPs

Hi there,


I using a DigitalOcean server as a personal VPN, but I just found that I can't access Apple services through this VPN (the Apple servers responded 502 bad gateway error).


I researched and it seems that Apple is blocking some cloud providers like DO, Vultr,...

So I want to ask if I can get rid of this issue? Can Apple add my IP to the whitelist or anyway else?


Thanks a lot.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Mar 20, 2022 9:01 PM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2022 8:24 PM

It seems not a VPN problem, because all servers on DigitalOcean can't access some services of Apple.

I found a lot of threads of the same problem: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/apple-is-blocking-digitalocean-ips-thus-my-droplet-how-to-bypass-that


Anyway, I think the best way is to try another server instead of DigitalOcean to set up my VPN.

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Mar 21, 2022 8:24 PM in response to etresoft

It seems not a VPN problem, because all servers on DigitalOcean can't access some services of Apple.

I found a lot of threads of the same problem: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/apple-is-blocking-digitalocean-ips-thus-my-droplet-how-to-bypass-that


Anyway, I think the best way is to try another server instead of DigitalOcean to set up my VPN.

Mar 22, 2022 8:46 AM in response to bahung1221

bahung1221 wrote:

I want to ask because my company also use DO a lot, and since Apple blocking it, I'm just worrying a bit. Additional, another cheap cloud provider like Linode was'n blocked like DO.

I doubt Apple is blocking it. The problem is more likely to be a misconfiguration or outgoing block at Digital Ocean. As I said above, I had difficultly on Digital Ocean making connections to other Digital Ocean services.

But it's okay to be close now because I can't do anything.

You can use any of a number of other services that work fine.

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Apple ID (idmsa.apple.com) blocking DigitalOcean IPs

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