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SSL + CNAME + static files hosting on GAE: almost free

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Re: SSL + CNAME + static files hosting on GAE: almost free

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Post by julien »

jschlesser wrote: post #2

Try s3 + cloudflare. You will have to pay for ssl but barring that s3 + cloudflare will let you host a naked domain for almost free. Suppose you want some cheap static publishing, set up a dev heroku instance (free) and have it publish to your s3 bucket.

So, http://www.cloudflare.com/plans shows that to get your custom SSL, you need a "Business" plan at $200/month... so about 20x more expensive than GAE in this case.

Re: SSL + CNAME + static files hosting on GAE: almost free

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Post by pfg »

bsimpson wrote: post #3

StartSSL is free?! Has anyone used them before? Are their certs widely accepted/trusted?

Yes, their domain-verified certs are free. I've been using them for a while now and haven't had any problems.

See this post for browser support: https://forum.startcom.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1802

Re: SSL + CNAME + static files hosting on GAE: almost free

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Post by dolphenstein »

jschlesser wrote: post #2

Try s3 + cloudflare. You will have to pay for ssl but barring that s3 + cloudflare will let you host a naked domain for almost free. Suppose you want some cheap static publishing, set up a dev heroku instance (free) and have it publish to your s3 bucket.

Why bother with s3? Just setup cloudflare directly with heroku (or GAE). Then setup HTML caching with page rules. Its relatively new. Works great!

Re: SSL + CNAME + static files hosting on GAE: almost free

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Post by taf2 »

julien wrote: post #4
jschlesser wrote: post #2

Try s3 + cloudflare. You will have to pay for ssl but barring that s3 + cloudflare will let you host a naked domain for almost free. Suppose you want some cheap static publishing, set up a dev heroku instance (free) and have it publish to your s3 bucket.

So, http://www.cloudflare.com/plans shows that to get your custom SSL, you need a "Business" plan at $200/month... so about 20x more expensive than GAE in this case.

are you certain about needing a business plan, it looks to me that pro for $20/month also supports SSL? perhaps I'm missing an important bullet?

[update]: i am guessing from the language on the "SSL encryption type" bullet:

"CloudFlare-issued" vs "CloudFlare-issued or custom"

or custom must be what's required to host your own domain ssl cert?

Re: SSL + CNAME + static files hosting on GAE: almost free

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Post by robbles »

julien wrote: post #4
jschlesser wrote: post #2

Try s3 + cloudflare. You will have to pay for ssl but barring that s3 + cloudflare will let you host a naked domain for almost free. Suppose you want some cheap static publishing, set up a dev heroku instance (free) and have it publish to your s3 bucket.

So, http://www.cloudflare.com/plans shows that to get your custom SSL, you need a "Business" plan at $200/month... so about 20x more expensive than GAE in this case.

You read that page wrong. It's only the Pro plan that you need for custom SSL, which is $20/month. I use it with 5 different HTTPS-enabled domains on CloudFlare.
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