{"id":19308,"date":"2014-02-13T21:01:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T13:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19308"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:12:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:12:02","slug":"host-website-google-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/host-website-google-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Host Personal Website On Google&#8217;s Servers For Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the present time, everyone is hosting a personal or portfolio website to showcase his information on the Web. If you wish to host your own personal website but don\u2019t really have to budget for it, this post is right up your alley.<\/p>\n<p>This simple tutorial will show you <strong>how you can host a basic website (built using HTML & CSS) on Google\u2019s servers, for free<\/strong>. And you can easily complete this between 1 and 3 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, Google does not provide free hosting solutions, but they do provide a <strong>Platform As A Service (PAAS) known as Google App Engine (GAE)<\/strong>. This tutorial uses App Engine\u2019s \u2018Static files\u2019 feature to host a static HTML-CSS website on GAE\u2019s servers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/proxy-with-google-app-engine\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: How to Create Your Own Proxy Using Google App Engine\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Create Your Own Proxy Using Google App Engine<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/proxy-with-google-app-engine.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-18609 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/proxy-with-google-app-engine.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">How to Create Your Own Proxy Using Google App Engine<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEducational institutions, organizations, and even Internet Service Providers (ISPs) try their best to restrict access to many websites...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the end of this tutorial you will be getting your own personal website at a customized sub-domain address like so: <em>&lt;your-custom-name&gt;.appspot.com<\/em>. You can make it your contact page, to connect with potential clients or to expand<\/p>\n<p>I have one at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/akapribot.appspot.com\/\">akapribot.appspot.com<\/a>, hosted on GAE. It just takes 7 tasks:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#task1\">Make a personal website using a free HTML-CSS website template<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#task2\">Download and Install Python and GAE SDK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#task3\">Sign up for Google App Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#task4\">Create app at Google App Engine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#task5\">Develop app using GAE Python SDK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#task6\">Deploy\/upload your custom app to GAE servers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"task1\">Task 1: Make a Personal Website<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Building a website from scratch can be hard and tricky<\/strong>, especially if you are not a hardcore web designer or an expert with writing tagged elements in html. However you can always work on a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/60-high-quality-free-web-templates-and-layouts\/\" rel=\"noopener\">web template<\/a> and customize it into your own version. Here are just a few good, easy-to-edit, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/creative-common-music-download\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons<\/a> licensed website templates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.egrappler.com\/inventive-and-responsive-html5-portfolio-template-iamcreative\/\">I am Creative<\/a> by EGrappler<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.egrappler.com\/free-responsive-html5-one-page-website-template-onepager\/\">OnePager<\/a> by EGrappler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/host-website-google-server\/3-I-am-Creative-template.jpg\" alt=\"host-website-google-server\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\"><\/figure>\n<p>To make the website template your own, download the templat from the given links above, unzip the files and edit the index.html or other .html files. You can use any text editor to edit these files like Notepad or WordPad, but <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/\">Notepad++<\/a> is easier and highly recommended. Add your information, e.g., name, skills, work, portfolio, contact information, etc. and save the file.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, if you want to do more on your website, you can try learning HTML5 & CSS. We have plenty of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tag\/series-html5-css3-tuts\/\/\" rel=\"noopener\">HTML5\/CSS tutorials<\/a> to learn from. Do check them out.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"task2\">Task 2: Get Python and GAE SDK<\/h2>\n<p>Next, <strong>download and install the following software for editing and deploying apps<\/strong> to GAE servers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\/\">Python<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/appengine\/downloads#Google_App_Engine_SDK_for_Python\">App Engine Python SDK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>Please install the software with their default options and settings, otherwise you may face problems with the tutorial.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"task3\">Task 3: Sign up for Google App Engine<\/h2>\n<p>Third in line, <strong>sign up for an account at Google App Engine<\/strong>. If you already have a Gmail account, it\u2019s just a matter of signing in.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/console.cloud.google.com\/projectselector2\/appengine?src=ac&pli=1&supportedpurview=project\">appengine.google.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you already have a Gmail account then move to next step, otherwise press the <strong>Create an account<\/strong> link and enter required details to create an account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/host-website-google-server\/4-Create-Gmail-account.jpg\" alt=\"host-website-google-server\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter your account credentials and press <strong>Sign in<\/strong> button to access the GAE dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/host-website-google-server\/5-Sign-in-to-GAE.jpg\" alt=\"sign in to gae\" width=\"500\" height=\"225\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Google App Engine will greet you with a welcome message.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"task4\">Task 4: Create App at Google App Engine<\/h2>\n<p>Now, you need to <strong>create an application at GAE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click the<strong> Create Application <\/strong>button.<\/li>\n<li>You may be asked to verify your account. Verify your account by following the on-page instructions.<\/li>\n<li>You will see the \"Create Application\" page as below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/host-website-google-server\/6-Create-GAE-app.jpg\" alt=\"host-website-google-server\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter the address you want in <strong>Application Identifier<\/strong>. This name will make your sub-domain address, e.g. <strong>your-name<\/strong>.appspot.com.<\/li>\n<li>Once given a name, application identifier cannot be changed. So, choose your application identifier wisely.<\/li>\n<li>Enter <strong>Application Title<\/strong> in the second text field. This name will be displayed when people access your app on the GAE.<\/li>\n<li>For <strong>Authentication Options<\/strong>, leave it in the default option (Open to all Google Account users).<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Create Application<\/strong> button. You will see a page notifying \"Application Registered Successfully\" as below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/host-website-google-server\/7-GAE-App-created.jpg\" alt=\"host-website-google-server\" width=\"500\" height=\"178\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"task5\">Task 5: Develop app using GAE Python SDK<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s time to <strong>develop your GAE app on your system<\/strong> using <em>Python<\/em> and <em>App Engine Python SDK<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open <strong>Google App Engine Launcher<\/strong> app on your system using Start menu or Start screen (if you are working on Windows 8).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/host-website-google-server\/8-GAE-Launcher.jpg\" alt=\"gae launder\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Open <strong>File menu &gt; Create New Application<\/strong>. Alternatively, you can press the key combination <strong>Ctrl+N<\/strong> to create a new application in GAE Launcher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/host-website-google-server\/9-Create-local-GAE-app.jpg\" alt=\"host-website-google-server\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter your application identifier in the field of <strong>Application Name.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Choose a <strong>local parent directory<\/strong> for your app by clicking on <strong>Browse<\/strong> button. Your app\u2019s directory will be created inside this directory.<\/li>\n<li>Leave the <strong>Port<\/strong> and <strong>Admin Port<\/strong> to default values.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Create<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To edit your local GAE app\u2019s settings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose your app in GAE Launcher.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Edit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Your app\u2019s \"app.yaml\" file will open in WordPad.<\/li>\n<li>Replace the whole text (delete old text and enter new text) with the following:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre>application: &lt;your-app-name-here&gt;\r\n version: 1\r\n runtime: python27\r\n api_version: 1\r\n threadsafe: yes\r\n handlers:<\/pre>\n<pre> - url: \/\r\n static_files: www\/index.html\r\n upload: www\/index.html<\/pre>\n<pre> - url: \/\r\n static_dir: www\r\n libraries:<\/pre>\n<pre> - name: webapp2\r\n version: \"2.5.2\"<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>Replace <em>&lt;your-app-name-here&gt;<\/em> with your application identifier on the first line of this file.<\/li>\n<li>Save this file and close WordPad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To add your personal website\u2019s files to your local GAE app:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the <strong>local parent directory<\/strong> of your GAE app.<\/li>\n<li>Open your app\u2019s directory.<\/li>\n<li>Delete the files named <strong>favicon.ico<\/strong> and <strong>main.py<\/strong> present in this directory.<\/li>\n<li>Create a new directory (or folder) named <strong>www<\/strong> inside this directory. (If you want to change this directory\u2019s name, you have to rename this directory and replace all <strong>www<\/strong> in your new directory\u2019s name in the <strong>app.yaml<\/strong> file.)<\/li>\n<li>Copy your website\u2019s files (all files and sub-directories inside its folders, e.g. index.html) to this <strong>www<\/strong>directory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If everything goes well, then your app\u2019s directory will have two files (<strong>app.yaml<\/strong> and <strong>index.yaml<\/strong>) and a sub-directory (www). The sub-directory \u2018www\u2019 will have your website\u2019s files and folders.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"task6\">Task 6: Deploy\/Upload your custom app to GAE servers<\/h2>\n<p>You have created your local GAE app and now, you need to check and deploy\/upload your app to GAE servers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To check your local GAE app:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose your app in GAE Launcher.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Run<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You will be shown your website in the web browser on your computer. (If you don\u2019t, backtrack and check to see if you followed the instructions in the tutorial correctly.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To deploy your GAE app:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose your app in GAE Launcher.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Deploy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You will be asked for your <strong>gmail id <\/strong>and<strong> password<\/strong>. Enter your account\u2019s credentials and press <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You will see a Python window <strong>detailing the progress of the upload operation<\/strong>. It will take some time to upload your app depending on your Internet connection\u2019s speed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>All done!<\/h2>\n<p>If you followed the whole procedure precisely, then by this time, you must be having your own website hosted on the web. You can check your website at &lt;your-app-name&gt;.appspot.com If you successfully hosted your website at Google App Engine, don\u2019t forget to share your App Engine\u2019s website address through comments.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the present time, everyone is hosting a personal or portfolio website to showcase his information on the Web. If you wish to host your own personal website but don\u2019t really have to budget for it, this post is right up your alley. 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