I've been looking at Apollo for a while now but haven't purchased it yet. How are you liking it?

The bitcoin.org website has a guide on how to open up port 8333 and forward it to your node (your Apollo in this case).

Look at the Network Configuration section of this page.

https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#network-configuration

Let me know how it goes! I'm curious about Apollo. Which pool are you thinking of using?

Sorry I was scrolling and didn't notice your post was from 3 weeks ago when I replied. Did your buddy end up getting his funds on chivo?