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[@pranavthapak]

I'm here to say that you're a very responsible content creater. You not only made the tutorial easy to follow you also updated the issue that we might face in the future. Much love and respect

[@carlagoncalves531]

I want to redeem myself for my early judgement as I misunderstood the conditions to use google cloud. Was my first time using it. You did an absolute brilliant job with this video that will help so many to figure out how do very complex things in a matter of minutes. You gained another subscriber and I will be following hopefully you can expand and talk about various web development topics . Cheers

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Carla! Thanks so much for the kind words! GCP is a wonderful platform, I hope you can take advantage of it. You've got better coding skills than me, and if you learn GCP well you can really make it shine! Have a great day! (BTW: Thanks for supporting UTECHPIA too, you ROCK!) . 😀Cheers!

[@dhrubojasu2398]

Amazing brother! You just saved me from spending a lot with the other hosting services to launch my basic WordPress website. I can mention as per my experience I didn't have to wait for 48 hours after updating the custom name servers in Google domain, it just took 5 mins and it was working fine.

[@तोमुझेक्या]

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[@chaindrive98]

I must say, this is the best step-by-step guide that I've ever come across. I got my website up and running just by glancing at your instructions. I have set up many WordPress websites but never did one on GCP. Well done!

[@wpfixcenter7970]

This is really cool! Great intro to Google Cloud Console for IT-minded folks. Plus, in my experience, whatever I didn't use of the $300 credit rolls over and stays on the account after one year. I had setup a Moodle instance on Google Cloud and learned a ton, though I've never run Wordpress there. Good point you make that this is for sites with light traffic, the f1-micro instance is kind of a light server. Good video!

[@aliudindullah8139]

Hi, I was stuck on the "RewriteEngine On" part, finally know that we need to use the arrow to get down on the part where we need to edit. The login information for the website is on the Deployment Manager, just a reminder to myself. Thank you so much for making this video! :)

[@UTECHPIA]

Yep, these are good tips, Thanks! I'll make sure to provide more details in the future videos so that my instructions are easier to follow :)

[@thelabarchitect]

Yes. I was stuck as well! Thank you so much for posting your comment and for UTECHPIA for this wonderful video. :-)

[@yoginchouhan]

hi, i followed all same steps to host my bigrock domain www.infovim.com. but when I open it it shows this 34.106.71.172.xip.io/wp-signup.php?new=infovim.com

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[@sinx0001]

Oh man, thank you very much! This was a great help! I couldn't have done it without you. I also loved your energy, your enthusiasm, and you are very pedagogic, did you know that? YOU ARE THE BEST! Thanks again! SUBSCRIBED!

[@UTECHPIA]

You're most certainly welcome! Thank you for your kind words!!! Your comment Made My Day! YOU ROCK! Congrats on your new website. BTW: You should setup a "billing alert", to alert you if you spend more than $1 a month. With my current traffic, I spend about $2/month. Have a great day, my friend!

[@un-oiseau]

Perfect tutorial! This works even for beginners with no coding skills to set it up properly.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Narine Harutyunyan! Congrats on your new website!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@un-oiseau]

@@UTECHPIA Thanks David, keeping track of new videos. And keep up the pace!

[@solaei]

Yes marine he is so good at this

[@speedosam5221]

speak for yourself... I'm stuck lol, I tried deleting my project and starting over but in think that messed it up more

[@suleyman4166]

Thank you so much. It was a scary 1 hour I spent on going through the steps but everything worked! Amazing. There are so many exceptions and details in everything you do. So rare to find something this complicated but works.

[@dhaness9293]

I never ever bothered to like or comment on any KZbin video. But this is such an amazing video. I have watched it multiple times and be it any problem, I instantly get the solution. Highly grateful to you sir.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Dhaness Sahoo! Thanks for watching the tutorial! FYI: The method in this video is out dated, there are better ways to setup FREE Hosting on GCP now. There is a new Bitnami Certificate Tool called "bncert-tool" it is super easy to use and it works better with CloudFlare CDN. Also you don't need to waste money paying for Google Cloud DNS Service anymore. Check out the new tutorial here: kzbin.info/aero/PLFBOf6mkjEzLdCYcyYzI4gRqSy9oVOVJU Let me know if you have any questions! Have a great day, Dhaness Sahoo, my friend!

[@triblues7065]

Thank you very much for the tutorial! It is easy to understand, straight forward, clear, and accurate. New subscriber here! I am looking forward to learning from you more!

[@ностромов]

One thing not mentioned is how installing Wordpress plugins (most often) inserts junk into the database (such as extra tables that you'll never use again) and it's a little bit crazy to add that weight for just changing some template images URLs. This can be done manually by find and replace (with whatever program /interface) and confirming visually what you're changing, or with RegEx.

[@just-justice-here]

Your smile during intro literarily makes me smile too

[@wicitradyaksa5599]

You are an efficient teacher, means that understand this topic very well. Nicely Done Mate!!!!!!! Would be nice if you make more similar videos to cover the details. Like Upgrading from free tier, Pros and cons of these method, etc. Thanks

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Wicitra! Thanks so much for the kind words, my friend! In regards to upgrading from the Free Tier... FOR DATA: the great thing about GCP is that you always get the free tier and the free tier quota resets every month. So if you use more than the free Tier, you only start paying "after the free tier quota is exhausted". FOR CPU: You'll start to pay more if you need a faster CPU because only the f1-micro CPU is part of the free quota. When your website starts to slow down, then you'll need a faster CPU, at that point, it probably means you have lots and lots of visitors; and at that point, GCP solution might not be the most cost effective anymore :) . Let me know if you have any questions, my friend!

[@hereisee]

Excellent tutorial. I loved that you said at the beginning what you were going to do so we didn't feel like a blindfolded person in the journey.

[@adnetworks]

Hi I haven't gotten around to setting it up yet but 1st impressions of this guy are he is as professional as he is straight to the point. Perfect speed of presentation making it easy to maintain focus for a 30 min video something I really struggle with!Thanks man.

[@shivam1427]

Great video. Thank you. Some questions: 1. What’s the benefit of using letsencrypt over cloudflare for ssl? Why was letsencrypt required if you already can do that with cloudfare? 2. Also can a static ip be assigned to a new VM if the current one is deleted? 3. For ssh to VM from local terminal, where do I set the ssh keys?

[@UTECHPIA]

Thanks for watching and leaving such a nice comment Shivam! Please Subscribe to UTECHPIA, if you haven't already done so. 👍😀 To answer your question: [[1]] Cloudflre doesn't provide SSL, they just provide extra encryption on top of your SSL certificate. Cloudfare also provides the CDN service which helps speeds up your website... however, personally, I decided to stop using Cloudfare. It is easier to manage my SSL certificate without using Cloudflare CDN. [[2]] Yes, you can always remap your static IP to a new VM instance: cloud.google.com/compute/docs/ip-addresses/reserve-static-external-ip-address#assign_new_instance [[3]] I haven't done this personally, but here's where you can find more information about SSH Keys to use locally: cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/connecting-advanced

[@efernandobenito]

@@UTECHPIA there is a way to use the cloudflare origin certificate instead of the ssl from google so you can use the CDN advantages of cloudflare?

[@petrusslaghekke485]

@@efernandobenito yes: infosec.theos-blog.com/renewing-letsencrypt-certificate-when-using-cloudflare/

[@AvadhootDandekar]

Its nice to see that you are looking into every comment. Great!!

[@UTECHPIA]

Thanks for leaving such a nice comment!!! You are AWESOME for saying that! :) Thanks, my friend!

[@user-zxjb]

Thanks a ton ,for simplifying each steps and process along with the errors.

[@UTECHPIA]

Thanks, Akash! Glad you enjoyed it! BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider subscribing to UTECHPIA. Have a great day, my friend!

[@marcelosalles2856]

You're the best, please don't ever stop making those videos! They have so much value! Thanks bro!

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Marcelo Salles! Your comment made my day! YOU ARE AWESOME! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! 👍😀

[@Shura3]

As someone who has no programming experience, this was challenging but totally doable thanks to the very clear instructions! thanks so much!

[@monochromedj]

This was an awesome video! His personality really is a breath of fresh air lol

[@jackmillikinart8553]

Great vid! Can you host multiple websites on the same one or do I have to repeat the same process again and pay for two?

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Jack Millikin Art! To take advantage of the FREE TIER for each of your website site, you should make separate GCP accounts. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@jackmillikinart8553]

@@UTECHPIA Ok awesome thanks, already subscribed :) keep it up!

[@UTECHPIA]

@@jackmillikinart8553 , You ROCK!! Thanks for your support! =)

[@abishaidemetrius2949]

Thank you for this question. I needed the same information. However, found this on medium: medium.com/google-cloud/hosting-multiple-websites-on-single-google-cloud-compute-engine-9768e2f02c6d

[@MJ-qe5lg]

Dude this was so helpful. Make more like these.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi M J! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@coriassphenix]

this is by far the most complete tutorial ever.. . i started as a beginner. Now i am pro... you can definitively hire. I am available 24/7

[@DrEmmanuelUthman]

David, thank you, your teaching is so simple and clear. Very distinctive. You did a great job creating this video.

[@brandonlee712]

You say pennies a month, but right hand side when you were picking ssd showed about 7 dollars a month? Care to explain/ Thanks.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Brandon, Thanks for checking out the video! To answer your question: The price you see is Bitnami's ESTIMATE, in my tutorial I have selected the F1-Micro CPU, which is FREE for specific US regions: cloud.google.com/free/docs/gcp-free-tier . The regions eligible for the free tier are: Oregon (us-west1) Iowa (us-central1) and South Carolina (us-east1). Let me know if you have any other questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider subscribing to UTECHPIA. Have a great day, Brandon! 👍

[@wilson7190]

@@UTECHPIA thanks for clearing that up, I had the same question✌

[@darst16]

This is cool to know about, but I can't see myself spending this much time in maintaining my own server. If it was just one website without much traffic that would be fine.

[@UTECHPIA]

Dave, I agree. If your site is big and have lots of traffic. This is not the solution for you. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Have a great evening, my friend! :)

[@realMartinHamilton]

@@UTECHPIA I'm planning on 60,000 visits per month. What service do you recommend?

[@abishaidemetrius2949]

I second you... too much manual work.... I hate to imagine the kind of work an e-commerce website with 1000s of products would entail...This seems like a big pain where the sun don't shine!

[@unknownman1]

I dont understand what manual work are you guys talking about. I have more than 100,000 products on my website and when my trial period will end I will just renew the hosting. SIMPLE

[@fenyx2558]

@@abishaidemetrius2949 Sir I'm looking to host an ecom site on google cloud. Can you please elaborate on the 'too much manual work' part.

[@CptMishMashVonRandom]

Great tutorial. What are the exact costs you're seeing with this monthly? Thanks.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi! *MY* cost is about $2 a month, but it really depends on the traffic and the size of your website. For the first year, the cost is covered under the $300 free GCP credit. BTW: If you haven't done so already, please consider subscribing to UTECHPIA! Thanks, my friend! 😀👍

[@agung_laksana]

@@UTECHPIA could I know how much traffic do you have for $2/month ? Thank you very much for the video 🙂

[@TheGeeMan]

They've reduced it from 1 year to 90 days for the GCP credit.

[@richardcarter1710]

ABSOLUTELY the BEST VIDEO I've seen in at least a YEAR. PROUD of YOU! Any video on how to set-up email on the site we have just created??? Thanks in advance.

[@RichardThomas341]

Thank you very much for this! I was able to get a WordPress site going on a Google Compute Engine by following this video.Only small things have changed: -- Bitnami recommends running sudo /opt/bitnami/bnhelper-tool which gives a menu to remove the icon and to generate the certificate. -- The certificate can be generated as you described, but Bitnami recommends running the new, easier tool using sudo /opt/bitnami/bncert-tool. Thanks again!

[@तोमुझेक्या]

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[@AtulKumar-nz3tj]

How much will google charge after a year's free trail to continue my site?

[@prakashsharma91]

If you have activate free tier then f1-micro is free to use. However SSD will be charged normally

[@BonesD23]

Hello I have a quick question? can I build multiple wordpress sites using the same instance or I need to have a instance per site. Thanks in advance.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi, with the method I provided, you can only deploy one Wordpress Instance per VM. And if you're taking advantage of the "free tier" offered by GCP; you can only have 1 f1-micro instance per GCP account. Please let me know if you have any other questions. BTW: if you haven't done so already, please consider Subscribing to UTECHPIA, your support would be totally appreciated. None-the-less, have a great day, my friend!

[@ZebratryHD]

i used it and after my trail i had to pay 70 bucks a month. so be aware of that...

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Zebratry, it can be very, very expensive, if you don't configure your usage correctly. Sorry to hear it was $70/month for you. I currently am still on my free trial, and I watch my cost monthly using the Bill Alert feature. Thanks for the warning, my friend!

[@angelinamayorova8938]

OMG! could you please tell me why do you think this happened?

[@josxd8598]

when your trial finished, was your active instance a f1-micro?

[@MrBlueSkies]

Hey David, thank you so much for this video and the clear information. I have watched it 3 times and now have a self-hosted fully secure website. New subscriber to your channel dude, keep the content coming.

[@UTECHPIA]

Congrats Mark! Thanks so much for leaving such a FANTASTIC comment. It makes my day to hear that I was able to provide you useful information! Thanks so much for all the support! Have a great day, Mark! 😀👍

[@MrBlueSkies]

I do seem to have one problem that I cannot figure out. The emails on my site are not sending at all. Did I miss a step somewhere? It will not even send the new user email. Any idea where to look to find out why?

[@UTECHPIA]

@@MrBlueSkies , Hi Mark, You didn't miss a step. This part requires a lot of steps. Here are the instructions on how to do it: docs.bitnami.com/aws/apps/wordpress/configuration/configure-smtp/ Please let me know how it goes. Good luck! It is not hard to do, the instructions are very clear. 😀👍

[@DaveWrightKB9MNM]

Im still in the process of setting this up. Im waiting for Google Domains to get my domain name updated from last night. So far, I have done everything per your instructions and yes, I have very little coding experience as well and found the tutorial to be easy to follow. Clear explanations, and so far, I'm happy with the way things are going. No need to troubleshoot at all! Only question I have is, how do I edit the WP site? I stopped at step 7 last night due to battery dying. Yes, I am going to subscribe!

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Dave Wright! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! To Edit your WP website, you go to enter the admin page and simply edit your post, my video shows how to change the theme and create your first post as well. Have fun, my friend! Thanks for the support! 😀👍

[@anthonykuriam7785]

@@UTECHPIA Great tutorial, easy and straight forward but I am experiencing an issue when uploading a theme. it keeps saying. "The link you followed has expired. Please try again." I changed the max upload file size to 128 but still getting the error. Could it be that bitnami wordpress is the issue?

[@DaveWrightKB9MNM]

@@UTECHPIA Ok, yeah I did that originally but didnt save the password it generated to log into WP(user). So, is there somewhere in GCP that I can find that again so I can change my login info?

[@DaveWrightKB9MNM]

@@UTECHPIA and nevermind, I just found the way to do it...by accident! lol

[@UTECHPIA]

UPDATED videos for 2021!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5DYq2NsrJqrqpo *******UPDATED VIDEO ABOVE********* UPDATE: Hosted my new business, www.KidPhotoFun.com on GCP with the instructions above; and it has been running super smooth for several weeks now. I enabled Stackdriver so that I can keep an eye on the CPU utilization of the VM instance, it also continuously runs UpTime checks so I know if my website goes down. Lastly, I have a policy configured to let me know if my monthly bill gets over $0.50! IMPORTANT UPDATE: I just found out that the Cloudflare CDN blocks the SSL Certificate from auto renewing... it looks like we can't use Cloudflare CDN with the free auto renewing SSL certificate ☹ . I fixed it for www.KidPhotoFun.com and the SSL auto renews fine, but loses the CDN benefits. None-the-less, the performance is still VERY good and I'm super happy with my deployment, let me know if you have any questions. UPDATE!!! Here’s a more detailed updated guide: I recorded a very detailed 2.5 video hour with step-by-step instructions on how to create your FREE Website using GCP here: www.pixelstabbers.com/courses/secrets-to-getting-your-free-photography-website/

[@mashraf7841]

WordPress bitnami can charge monthly 13.6$ What about after two year (after expire Google 300$) should we pay 13$/month

[@Muchmoretoknow]

how to enable stackdriver and what data should we look at is there any video of yours? Please help me in this

[@vasanthkumar_7284]

Hey man what does it cost after a year....

[@UTECHPIA]

K. Vasanth Kumar , it depends on how much resource your website uses. For me it is about $2/month. Since i have decent traffic. Your can also create a image of your VM and migrate it to a new GCP account yo get another $300 credit for the first year.

[@UTECHPIA]

Soumyadip Chatterjee , you can enable stackdriver through the main menu of GCP (on the left). Keep an eye on the CPU usage. You should also go to “billing” and set up a billing alert for $1/month and $2/month so you can see how much of the FREE credit you are spending each month.

[@khanbb8105]

Great tuto, there is no like this one at the internet

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Khan Bb! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@thehomeremedy3760]

oh my God...i just subscribed because you gave so much value....thank you. i just created my first website with your easy to understand step by step tutorial.

[@amandafox717]

God bless you! What a great step by step video. I love that you actually show us and tell us exactly what we need to do. I am going to save this video and follow along with it when I am more awake and alert. LOL. Thank you for making such a clear step by step video.

[@StarGlitter]

This is truly A GIFT ,EXCELLENT VIDEO ..Nobody breaks it down like you ! GREAT VIDEO thankyou so much

[@TheKrazyKoala]

Thanks for your tips! I think i need to renew my hosting soon 😂 btw, your background is very fancy. how did you make it?

[@photomeniax65]

Hi David thanks for the video, I have managed to successfully host a WordPress site in the Google cloud! Feeling very accomplished!! Eagerly waiting for your next video! Thanks Man!

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Photomeniax! Congrats on your new Website!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@photomeniax65]

@@UTECHPIA I have subscribed! Secondly I have also installed Google cloud app on my mobile which helps me to monitor my site at a glance! By the way can I host another site in the same account?

[@vovantoanquoc]

Bro you're Vietnamese American? I'm Vietnamese too, so glad to find you here. Love from Portugal! Thanks for the tutorial. Super fun and easy to catch up with!

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Van Vo! Yep, I am! :) Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you can, please follow me on Amazon @ www.amazon.com/shop/UTECHPIA (it is totally FREE, and helps me out a TON, I would absolutely appreciate your support). Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@orionglobal5140]

you have done true Justice to the term step by step tutorial. Amazing work. Hats Off !!! Keep Up the good work and THANK YOU very much !!!

[@wayneblackburn9645]

Very clear and all worked as described. Might have been worth covering how to change the initial password which is the only thing I've been left wondering. Thanks for the video.

[@SidSpanos]

Following your guide was so much fun, looking to viewing more of your content! Thank you

[@marvinhan9178]

Thanks! As a medical student with zero coding basis, I did as you guided and deployed my own website.

[@AvadhootDandekar]

Worth spending 27 minutes. Nice video. I have also glanced through some 200+ comments. Thanks. And ... I too have subscribed.

[@UTECHPIA]

Thanks again, for another thoughtful comment! I appreciate your support, very very much. Let me know if you have any questions, my friend. :)

[@pastoraris1001]

Hey Mr. what do you do as a career? You are an amazing teacher!! I wasn’t event watching the video! I was organizing my basement to make it into an office and I just click on your video just for the heck of it, just to see what it was about as I clean and organize.. so I didn’t even see the screen but just by listening to you it keep me engaged o the topic and I felt like I was doing the process with you!! That my friend is amazing!! Thanks for the information, the only downside is that I will need to actually watch it next time so I can bring my website up..

[@alexmercer3001]

you made my day man... this was one helluva useful video. thanks a lot buddy... You just said everything that was needed.

[@UTECHPIA]

WooHoo! Glad the video was help! Make sure you read the notes in the Video Description about step #5 not working well with the SSL autorenew script. Enjoy, your new website, Alex! 😀👍

[@alexmercer3001]

@@UTECHPIA thanks for the heads up bro. We could always use SSL plugins. You deserve more buddy. thanks a lot for the help.

[@UTECHPIA]

@@alexmercer3001 , yeah, as long as you know how to renew your SSL certificate by yourself, then you're good to go! Thanks for the support, and awesome feedback! 😀👍

[@fredteixeira3604]

Very comprehensive tutorial. I am a senior dev and still learned a lot here

[@BambaZillah]

this guy may sound funny in the beginning but he knows what he's doing. nice video!

[@m1cperry]

Hi. Nice tutorial. Could you explain how the cost would go as low as few cents a month? On your tutorial I see more than 5 dollars a month.

[@MrGazz4u]

That's what I'm confused about as well

[@rashidsyed]

If your traffic falls under the free tier limit for GCP, you will not be charged. cloud.google.com/free/docs/gcp-free-tier

[@rashidsyed]

Check his new video kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHutfWyfmK12rrs

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi m1cperry, thanks for watching my video and thanks for your feedback. I did a TERRIBLE job at explaining this part. The estimate price on the Bitnami setup screen doesn't take into consideration that we're going to be taking advantage of Google's Free Tier. Since we are using a f1-micro CPU on (us-west1, us-central1, or us-east1), then the CPU is free. Here's more details of the free tier: cloud.google.com/free/docs/gcp-free-tier . ALSO, I have a new video where I broke the details down at exactly 1 minute into the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHutfWyfmK12rrs . Let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks!

[@DigitalDesignDude]

4:48 2021 update: The free tier you want to use now is the E2-micro VM instead of the F1-micro. I got an email from google asking me to switch machine types in order "to continue receiving the Free tier Discount" and I'm not the only one who got that email.

[@UTECHPIA]

Yep! You're 100% correct, my friend!

[@mozes_ma]

is this after the one year??

[@DigitalDesignDude]

@@mozes_ma The number of years doesn't matter since the deadline is August 31st 2021 for everyone using the F1-micro VM to switch to the the E2-micro VM inorder to avoid incuring charges as stated by Google's email.

[@burtonhanna]

Thank you! This worked great. I did run into a couple of things. 1. When I ran the command to create the SSL certificate, it asked if I wanted to use the Bitnami HTTPS Configuration Tool. It was actually really easy. When I ran it, I just answered a couple of questions (domain names, redirects and renewal) and it worked great. sudo /opt/bitnami/bncert-tool 2. I ran into problems trying to get rid of the Bitnami banner. I kept getting - sudo: /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig: command not found I found out bnconfig was actually named bnconfig.disabled I had to rename it using this command line: sudo mv /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig.disabled /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig After I ran that, I was able to disable the banner. Before I restarted Apache, I disabled bnconfig again just in case: sudo mv /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig.disabled Thanks again! You made this really easy!

[@designertree]

just hosted free website after watching your free tutorial… Thanks a lot

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Anand Kumar! Thanks for watching the tutorial! FYI: The method in this video is out dated, there are better ways to setup FREE Hosting on GCP now. There is a new Bitnami Certificate Tool called "bncert-tool" it is super easy to use and it works better with CloudFlare CDN. Also you don't need to waste money paying for Google Cloud DNS Service anymore. Check out the new tutorial here: kzbin.info/aero/PLFBOf6mkjEzLdCYcyYzI4gRqSy9oVOVJU Let me know if you have any questions! Have a great day, Anand Kumar, my friend!

[@engmondy1111]

Yes it was definitely helpful, the video is complete in so many levels. Perfect.

[@andrewmorellrae]

Great video.....only suggestion that I would add....is how to migrate your wordpress from a hosting service (for example using All-In-One WP Migration Plugin)

[@UTECHPIA]

Thanks, excellent suggestion! BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider subscribing to UTECHPIA, your support would be totally appreciated! Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@andrewmorellrae]

@@UTECHPIA Besides hitting the like button I did subscribe, least I could do help support your content

[@tgrucker]

I want to thank you again. I saved this as a favorite and I'm glad I did. I installed a plugin called Suberb Themes, don't do it! I was hopping to get more control out of one of there wordpress themes. It fucked everything up, I could not manage images, NONE, no matter what theme I chose. I could not uninstall the plugin, I'm still fighting for a refund! In the end I delete the VM and started over, fuck! I did everything that I did the first time, but my domain kept going to the wrong IP address??? So I went through this video again, bingo, google domains! Yes in the night my domain was transferred form hostmonster to google. It was in there I found the DNS record, updated to the new IP address, I'm good now!

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Thomas Rucker! Thanks for watching the tutorial and CONGRATS on your website up and running again! FYI: The method in this video is out dated, there are better ways to setup FREE Hosting on GCP now. There is a new Bitnami Certificate Tool called "bncert-tool" it is super easy to use and it works better with CloudFlare CDN. Also you don't need to waste money paying for Google Cloud DNS Service anymore. Check out the new tutorial here: kzbin.info/aero/PLFBOf6mkjEzLdCYcyYzI4gRqSy9oVOVJU Let me know if you have any questions! Have a great day, Thomas Rucker, my friend!

[@tgrucker]

@@UTECHPIA Yes sir, I'll take a look at the link you sent tomorrow. I'm trying to finish my python on line course, that is driving me crazy, which seem to be a short drive anymore.

[@UTECHPIA]

@@tgrucker , wow, you are a software developer too!? I'd love to check out your Python course! I wish you all the best! Happy Holidays!

[@tgrucker]

@@UTECHPIA I'm not a developer, I'm a network administrator. All switch and routers have python installed into the ISO. So instead of me logging into every switch and router, I use Python to automate the changes. I also use powershell to automate new exchange personal into AD. I do not have the patience to be a developer. As for the websites it's just for fun. :-)

[@tgrucker]

@@UTECHPIA Another question; I setup my website email through Google Workspace. That starting to look expensive. What do you use?

[@sheelanetprojects7075]

really good tutorial. your video is so clear to understand and im one of the beneficiary of this video. Thanks. Keep the good work up...

[@cynthiaonline]

Wow Amazing! I love this video, Am definitely going to try this, am more interested in the SSL aspects of this. Thanks

[@khederMohamed]

Perfect tutorial, I really appreciate the quality of this content, keep up on the good work ! It was very helpful

[@chukkapalli2005]

Awesome video. Cracked the nutshell with your explanation. Keep up the good work.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Sreedhar Chukkapalli! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@NitishPareek]

Thanks a lot for a comprehensive tour to making a complete website. Very very helpful! If you could also make a video about how to host multiple websites on a single heavy-duty instance, I would be grateful.

[@WayneRigley]

well im a few months in now with 2 sites and running perfect ! and still no charge ! thanks brother

[@UTECHPIA]

Wow!!! Glad to hear everything is working for you. I recommend you keep an eye on your billing (you can set up billing reminders), even thought you have $300 free for the first year, after that, Google *will* charge you. If you have 2 wordpress website, the best value is put them on separate GCP account to take advantage of the FREE Tier for both sites. And last, but not least, check out the description of the video for the update on what I found out about CloudFlare CDN. Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! 😀

[@WayneRigley]

@@UTECHPIA thanks for the reply I do have two sites set up on two different platforms. I do keep checking the billing but it's not even showing me there's an occurrence of money being taken off the 300.

[@UTECHPIA]

​@@WayneRigley ​ Thanks for watching my video and leaving such a positive comment. About billing: The actual cost can be displayed. Here's how: GPC Menu > Billing >Billing Report, and on the bottom left hand corner, uncheck "One Time Credits". That way you will see how much credit is being used. VERY important to know so you can anticipate the cost after your $300 credit runs outs / expires after 1 year. Let me know if you have any questions, my friend! BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider subscribing to UTECHPIA, your support would be totally appreciated. Have a great day, Wayne!

[@0o_KASHIII_o0]

Really enjoy the tutorial. Easy to understand and very enthusiastic!

[@Diskgrind]

Wow! Really great video! Thank you for showing me this stuff. My first time doing this whole thing.

[@davidhowell1222]

Hi David @UTECHPIA I wanted to say a big thank you for creating this video. I followed the basic steps and now have a lightning fast site on Google cloud. I did however come across a problem when it came to editing my site. Once I had my WP installed, I realised that it had been built as HTTP instead of HTTPS Wordpress> General settings > WordPress Address (URL) / Site Address (URL). Somehow I have managed to access my WP build using Googles SDK kit today and updated my Wp-config.php file - However this was complex!! a) is there a way to set up as HTTPS during the build b) or a simpler way to set this up other than the route I took? Thank youuuuu

[@handpowers]

Thank you for this wonderful video. It really helped me a lot. I had a lot of great pauses. lol! More power to your channel.

[@anzikaanil]

First of all thank you brother for a amezing video. I'm very excited about how u people know about this all features available in different platforms, and bring it together, it's really strange Thanks. Bro

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Anil kumar T! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@emanuelblei7699]

You can now use certbot with cloudflare. There is a plugin, that ships with certbot that you need to enable.

[@UTECHPIA]

Oh wow! Thanks!!!

[@fedaaelfayoumi1561]

Hi David, thanks soooooo much I was able to make my very first website and for free!!!!, I'm really proud of myself for learning a new skill with my age and thanks to you.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi fedaa elfayoumi! Congrats on your new Website!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@fedaaelfayoumi1561]

@@UTECHPIA Hi David, after a year of my website deployment it’s not working since properly I think the server is too heavy. It take 10 mins to load the site. Can you please help me? My site is: www.wateqcanada.com Thanks in advance.

[@prettyt625]

I'm doing step 4 with generating the SSL and changing the information to my domain and email, but I get "command not found"

[@scetinka]

Totally awesome tutorial !!!! I really liked your style and absolutely helpful and clear instructions. I have just created my first personal website.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Selçuk Cetinkaya! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@JatinChhabra]

Great presentation David. So what if I have to run multiple wordpress websites, do I have to create separate instances of just 1?

[@UTECHPIA]

Thanks Jatin! Yeah, if you have multiple website, I actually recommend multiple Google Cloud (GCP) accounts. Because each account you only get one free f1-micro VM instance. And one f1-micro VM isn't very fast if you run multiple website, so I only recommend it running 1 website per f1-micro VM. Let me know if you have any other questions, my friend.

[@abcweb8334]

You are Brilliant, Thanks a lot for the quality of your tutorials...Bless you.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi ABC WEB! Thanks for watching the tutorial! FYI: The method in this video is out dated, there are better ways to setup FREE Hosting on GCP now. There is a new Bitnami Certificate Tool called "bncert-tool" it is super easy to use and it works better with CloudFlare CDN. Also you don't need to waste money paying for Google Cloud DNS Service anymore. Check out the new tutorial here: kzbin.info/aero/PLFBOf6mkjEzLdCYcyYzI4gRqSy9oVOVJU Let me know if you have any questions! Have a great day, ABC WEB, my friend!

[@abcweb8334]

@@UTECHPIA Thanks a lot...Cheers...

[@abcweb8334]

Question ?? Can I install subdomains on Google Cloud Plateform ?

[@TedVinz7]

Excellent info and presentation. This starts a new Wordpress website, but how easy (or not) is it to transfer a site to this service? Also, how easy might it be to transfer a site from this service if it grows rather large? Thanks!

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Ted! It is always a bit of an exercise to transfer your site from one host to another. And it is a tad harder to do it on GCP since you don't have the built in FTP tools that other webhost provides. It is still 100% doable, just a few extra steps involved. I reviewed the steps since I had the same questions you have now, but I didn't actually perform the steps, since I built my website from scratch on GCP. Sorry I can't provide a more satisfying answer. I hope that helps! Let me know if you have anymore questions. Thanks!

[@raghuc8096]

Thanks a ton, buddy. very easy to configure an SSL certificate I was struggling a bit on this. May God bless you. :-)

[@HullioGQ]

Great job with this video! Well explained. Personally, I would rather stick with a cheap $5/month instance from Digital Ocean, Vultr or Linode since I would know how much I am paying on an annual basis. Plus, the upgrades are rather easier. BTW, why did you opt to disable DNSSEC?

[@UTECHPIA]

Thanks for your feed back! Those hosts are great choices, especially if you don't want to manage the site like you have to with the GCP solution. However, one advantage of hosting on GCP is you are using Google's High Performance network, and it's certainly faster. I did a GTMetrix test between a GCP site with Hostgator, and the difference was significant. I disabled DNSSEC because I wasn't sure how long it would for the settings to populate, and if I was making changes, it is a little harder to troubleshoot with DNSSEC enabled. However, if I had to do it again, I would enable DNSSEC since I know how to set everything up now. (great question!). BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider Subscribing to UTECHPIA, your support would be totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! 👍😀

[@HullioGQ]

​@@UTECHPIA You mentioned, "However, one advantage of hosting on GCP is you are using Google's High Performance network, and it's certainly faster. I did a GTMetrix test between a GCP site with Hostgator, and the difference was significant." However, HostGator does not come anywhere close to the performance offered by Digital Ocean, Linode, or Vultr. These 3 give you the same type of access to your environment as does GCP. You can tweak the server to your hearts content since you have complete access. I have Gaiusmedia.com running on Digital Ocean and, even without any optimization of images and no WP caching plugins enabled, I have a B rating on GTMetrix.

[@UTECHPIA]

@@HullioGQ Wow!!! Thanks for that VERY Valuable information! I'm going to sign up for one of those 3 services and compare with the GCP hosted website, loading up the exact same website. (gaiusmedia.com/ looks great, BTW!). Of the 3 services you've mentioned, which one would you recommend I try? Thanks!

[@diskgrind3410]

So I came back to re watch your video and grab a few steps and saw that you had updated the steps. I am very new to this. Watching your video for the first time inspired me to do this whole setup after watching the video all the way through. I did all the steps and everything worked out well. Now your saying I have to back out of cloudflare, etc. First I went to Cloudflare and disconnected my domain from the setup area in cloudflare. Then I went to me Google domain setup and reverted back to google domain server addresses in the DNS settings section. Lastly I re ran the commands in step 4 and removed the addition of the text config file. Then restarted the Apache server. Is this what I need to do? Hope so, and I hope you read this and give me a thumbs up for a total noob undertaking this journey. Looking forward to a response. Well something broke, my website is no longer secure... sigh.. I don't know what to do to fix this.

[@shannawielinga8207]

Thank you so much, this is really helpful. I have a question though, maybe this is a new feature and that is why you didn't handle it in the video. When choosing the Boot Disk in step 1, Google now has three options: 1. Standard Persistent Disk, 2. SSD Persistent Disk and 3. Balanced Persistent Disk (new). Which one would you go for and why?

[@yashjoshiisnotyashjoshi]

Hey, honestly this video's been very helpful! But it's a sincere request that you pin a comment saying you DO NOT recommend using Cloudflare as you have in the video for the CDN. I followed it through and It's given me a HUGE pain in the ass and I don't know how to recover my SSL certificate now.

[@pogimepogiako6298]

Wow.. amazing. It's work . Until now.. even the video is outdated.. but it's working. Thank you.. It's legit information .. millions subscribe for you..

[@4thfugee]

this video saved me ALOT of time. Thank you sharing your knowledge.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi masoud johnson! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@4thfugee]

@@UTECHPIA 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 I will sub. Thx for the reply!

[@devisettysusmitha2229]

Great video! Iam an arts student, I have no idea regarding coding. Your video helped me in creating my own website for free, thankyou so much :)

[@BrannuStudios]

Thanks!! I will probably use this but for now you just showed me that I can forward my website to my KZbin channel which is great since I'm a music video producer. I'm going to create an overview video of my business and list my prices then set that as my main video...presto!! No need for a traditional website 😄

[@abdelwahabkhoukhi1933]

Thanks alot, perfect tutorial. Easy, even for novice. I learnt a lot and I already started building mine by following your steps

[@sentanu-eddy]

Really simple and explaining all the essentials Do you have comparison what happen in the next year billing cycle ?

[@idealleke1691]

Thanks for the amazing tutorial. my question is concerning the ssl certificate. Did you use the free $300 to purchase the certificate?

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Ideal Leke! The SSL certificate is 100% free, it is not part of the $300 Google Credit :) Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@belindawee6499]

Hi David, thanks for the great tutorial. Does this only work in the USA or other country as well?

[@salvinia008]

the comment I have been looking for

[@easyeducationonlinelearnin7071]

Great video. It helped me put my website on google cloud platform. Thanks for the detailed steps.

[@GreybirdDesignStudio]

Great, easy to follow tutorial. Would love to know if Google Cloud can be used for a site built within Dreamweaver? Maybe a future tutorial...

[@mymobilebuddy4392]

Wow the video is amazing. I am learning so much. Thanks. I subscribed.

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Mike Budde! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@masOrnis]

Hi. Thank you for this the clear explanation, very detailed you make it look easy (and it isn't). One thing I don't get it's how muchs does it cost after all? Because as it can be seen in 05:15 when you selected the options, the summary says "6.35 per month". It's that correct?

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi masOrnis, thanks for watching my video and thanks for your feedback. I did a TERRIBLE job at explaining this part. The estimate price on the Bitnami setup screen doesn't take into consideration that we're going to be taking advantage of Google's Free Tier. Since we are using a f1-micro CPU on (us-west1, us-central1, or us-east1), then the CPU is free. Here's more details of the free tier: cloud.google.com/free/docs/gcp-free-tier . Let me know if you have any other feedback, questions.

[@chenyifa]

作为一个中国人 这英语听的非常清楚，如果所有人像你这样清楚就好了。

[@TheBinaryAcademy]

I have had a couple of ssl not auto renew with selecting yes for the cronjob I put the site on Cloudflare which gives ssl for year and the cdn benefits. I have heard the micro vm will top out at about a thousand users at once. Have you had one crash out from overuse yet? Cool video thanks Regards from Ramsgate

[@UTECHPIA]

Yeah, I've seen the f1-micro VM crash, THAT is when your traffic is no longer "light" :) FYI: The method in this video is out dated, there are better ways to setup FREE Hosting on GCP now. There is a new Bitnami Certificate Tool called "bncert-tool" it is super easy to use and it works better with CloudFlare CDN. Also you don't need to waste money paying for Google Cloud DNS Service anymore. Check out the new tutorial here: kzbin.info/aero/PLFBOf6mkjEzLdCYcyYzI4gRqSy9oVOVJU Let me know if you have any questions!

[@magicseansma]

Aloha! Mahalos for this tutorial. I was about to give up on WP and stick with building on Shopify. I have a question. The SSL set up in step 4 seems to have been updated by Bitnami to a much easier method. My question is with this new method, will step 5 now work without killing the SSL when it auto-renews? Also, step 6 is giving me a "sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig: command not found". I am typing in: sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/bnconfig --disable_banner 1

[@UTECHPIA]

Aloha Sean! Shopify has many advantages over a wordpress website if you are thinking eCommerce; there's lots of blogs on that if you Google that. I'll have to check out the new method of the SSL certification. I think ideally you can configure CloudFlare CDN to work with the auto-renewal, even with the old SSL certificate method; I haven't investigated it too much since I've been happy with the website without CDN. I've seen other people have the same problem with step #6, I'm not sure, but here is how to get it to work: community.bitnami.com/t/cannot-remoe-the-bitnami-info-banner-for-a-wordpress-multisite/29988 Let me know how it goes, my friend.

[@magicseansma]

@@UTECHPIA Much Mahalos for your reply! Yeah, I have a few Shopify stores, and I like their platform, but I wanted to learn more about WordPress. I really appreciate your tutorial!

[@UTECHPIA]

You're welcome, my friend! Thanks for watching my tutorial! Shopify is polished and fully managed so you can focus on running your store(s) and not really deal with configuration (as much). With Wordpress, you can do all the same things (and more), but you have to pretty much configure each and every feature. Lots of Pros/Cons. I'd love to hear how you like using Wordpress for eCommerce! Have fun, Sean! -David

[@RadhaKrishnaBalla]

terrific tutorial and very friendly presentation. thanks a lot, in helping me take these first steps in a wordpress website building and hosting!

[@bySterling]

Whoa I had no idea we could have free WordPress based sites on our Google accounts! And free SSLs wow!

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi TheWebStylist! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)

[@alierreng8174]

Thank you so much, David! This tutorial is awesome!

[@UTECHPIA]

Hi Alier Reng! Thanks so much for taking the time to watch the video and leaving such a nice comment! Please let me know if you have any questions. BTW: If you haven't already done so, please consider SUBSCRIBING TO UTECHPIA. Your support is totally appreciated. Have a great day, my friend! :)