How to set up static IP without a custom domain?

[ThePiachu]

I'm trying to set up a static IP (or VIP as they appear to be called) for my app engine app. The process appears to be documented here: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/using-custom-domains-and-ssl?hl=en#purchase_a_vip , although it seems to require me to be on a custom domain - can't do it on my gmail account for some reason...

How can I set up a static IP for my app engine app without creating a custom domain?

I was hoping that going to https://console.developers.google.com and Networking -> External IP Addresses I would be able to create a static IP address and assign it then and there, but no because reasons...

[Barry Hunter]

You NEED to use a custom domain, otherwise how would your shiny new IP be used for accessing your app? It needs a domain so you can setup DNS. 

Accessing the site, via the special DNS name, used for the CNAME, would be really ugly. 

And so can get a SSL certificate to load, for that matter. 

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[Nick (Cloud Platform Support)]

There are several ways you can get a static IP to refer to your app. You could deploy a Managed VM user-managed instance or a Compute Engine instance at a certain static IP and have it serve HTTP redirects to your appspot domain. You could also look into other technologies. An IP proxy would also work (you could even make it on Compute Engine). A custom domain is also an option, as mentioned, but won't necessarily result in a static IP so much as a static domain name, while the App Engine front-end servers are among a limited address range.

[Nick (Cloud Platform Support)]

You can also read about this question more in the docs.

On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 1:22:37 PM UTC-4, ThePiachu wrote: