Do you support APNs (Apple Push Notification service)?

Yes. Your website or app backend on Ruachost hosting can send push notifications to iPhones, iPads and Macs through the Apple Push Notification service (APNs).

How APNs works today

Apple’s current APNs provider API uses HTTP/2 over HTTPS. Your server connects to:

• api.push.apple.com (production)
• api.sandbox.push.apple.com (development)

on port 443, the standard HTTPS port. Apple also allows port 2197 if 443 is unavailable.

Note

Older guides mention ports 2195 and 2196. These belong to Apple’s legacy binary interface, which Apple has retired. If your code still uses them, update it to the HTTP/2 API.

What you need

• An APNs authentication key (.p8) or certificate from your Apple Developer account.
• A library that supports the HTTP/2 APNs API, or PHP cURL with HTTP/2.

If the connection is blocked

If your server can’t reach Apple’s servers, open a support ticket and tell us the hostname and port your app needs to connect to. We’ll check the firewall for you.

For full details, see Apple’s APNs documentation.