Solved: Google Cloud Storage static website gets 404

sandsmuseum · 10-18-2022 10:18 AM

I am trying to use Google Cloud Services to host my website, purplechurch.com, using the free tier. I did the following:

create a bucket
make it public
set the website configuration, including my own 404 page

I set the CNAME on my dns to c.storage.googleapis.com and waited a day. The website used to be hosted elsewhere and the domain name is not administered by Google. (I did not change the A records with their original associated IPs.)

I am unable to access the website using the subdomain or root domain. When trying to access the website I get a Google generated 404, not my website generated one. The pages and assets are visible using the bucket's public access URL.

A ping returns the original IP location of my website. However DNSchecker.org shows all records with an IP apparently generated by Google and the owner being Google.

I wanted to avoid using a load balancer or LAMP stack due to cost. The website is educational and does not get a lot of traffic.

thank you for any help you might offer...and please let me know if there is a better place to ask the question.

Michael

cristianrm

You could check out this codelab with detailed instructions about how to host a Static Website in Google Cloud with Cloud Storage.

Also this article would be helpful.

Some troubleshooting tips:

Check that your bucket name matches your domain name.
Check the access to your bucket website is public. You can check this by visiting the url http://storage.googleapis.com/YOURBUCKETNAME/ from an incognito session.
Check that you have configured your DNS with the appropriate CNAME records as shown in this guide.
Verify your DNS records. You could use MxToolbox.

Just take into account that:

Unfortunately, there is no way to serve your bucket content through HTTPS connection (as in no SSL lock icon in the browser’s address bar) when using a custom domain without a Load Balancer or using another tools.

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cristianrm

You could check out this codelab with detailed instructions about how to host a Static Website in Google Cloud with Cloud Storage.

Also this article would be helpful.

Some troubleshooting tips:

Check that your bucket name matches your domain name.
Check the access to your bucket website is public. You can check this by visiting the url http://storage.googleapis.com/YOURBUCKETNAME/ from an incognito session.
Check that you have configured your DNS with the appropriate CNAME records as shown in this guide.
Verify your DNS records. You could use MxToolbox.

Just take into account that:

Unfortunately, there is no way to serve your bucket content through HTTPS connection (as in no SSL lock icon in the browser’s address bar) when using a custom domain without a Load Balancer or using another tools.

maulik-togadiya

this this codelab is also showing 404 not found.😅