I've built a Google App Engine application mostly for European users. I recently learned about the possibility to host it in the EU, and I'd like to do that.
The documentation at https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstartedpython27/uploading states
Note : If you have an App Engine Premier account, you can specify that your new application should reside in the European Union rather than the United States. For developers that do not have a Premier account, you will need to enable billing for applications that should reside in the European Union.
and
You must specify this location by clicking the "Edit" link in the "Location Options" section when you register the application; you cannot change it later.
I'm a bit confused by this because you cannot enable billing on an application before creating it, and once created you cannot change its location.
My questions are
Am I missing something?
What would be the best way to move my application to Europe?
Update
App Engine server location is now open to all Developeres.
Bear in mind, this must be specified when the application is being register; you cannot change it later. Server Location options is available under Show Advanced Options on the Create Project. This will allow you to choose either United States or European Union.
It's now possible for any user to host an App Engine application in the European Union, and the docs have been updated to reflect that.
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I am hosting some Web Applications in Google Cloud Platform using App Engine and those are for internal purpose only. One month ago I got a mail from Google Cloud Team, saying one of my apps needs verification. By based on their response I did some research and finally migrated all apps to the Organisation level as they mentioned in documentation (below link for reference). https://support.google.com/googleapi/answer/7394288#gsuite-app
But, yesterday also I got another notification regarding the same.
May I ignore this notification, or are there any further steps I need to complete?
As stated in this other documentation page:
If you're creating an internal web app for which [...] your project is
associated with a Cloud Organization that your users belong to, you
don't need to go through verification. Internal users of your
application won't see the unverified app screen.
If your application will only be used by internal users belonging to the same organization as where your project is located, you can ignore this message. It was probably triggered by the fact that your application is indeed not verified (although you do not need to do so).
So if that is the case, you will only need, as stated in the link you shared, to create an Organization and then migrate your existing project to that organization (then make sure that the users who will be accessing the app belong to the same organization).
I would like to move my App Engine app to the EU. I signed up for the Google App Engine - Extended European Offering using a Google Docs form a long time ago but nothing happens. Has anyone gotten a word back from Google regarding this?
I don't know if you get automatically notified or not for these, but check in appengine.google.com and try to create an application. If the European offering got extended to you, you will have a choice when you create your App on where you want it hosted.
One thing that you cannot do though, is move an already created App to the EU. You need to re upload your app, make sure you use the backup & restore from datastore to keep your data, make sure you're ready to change your domain redirects, etc.
Can you use Google App Engine with your own custom domain, without paying for the whole Google Apps business package?
The setup instructions suggests this is not possible. Has anyone found a work around?
You no longer need google apps for using custom domain with GAE. you can use custom domains without signing up for Google Apps for Business.
go to https://console.developers.google.com and click on your
project and select appengine then click on settings
there you can add and verify your domain using Google Webmaster central
Once you're done verifying you're all set to go !
IF one has had a free Google Apps account prior to the December 2012 deadline, there does seem to be an easy solution to mapping a new GAE app to a newly registered domain. I happen to still have such prior account for which I do not have to pay (yet?), I believe. I suspect other long-term GAE developers are in a similar situations. So, I am adding quick instructions I found and translated from here. (There are many related threads on the topic on stackoverflow. This question seems the most relevant for adding these notes.)
Login to your existing Google Apps account
Go to "Domains" and hit "add a domain or a domain alias"
Keep "Add a domain alias of ..." selected and enter the new domain name in the field
Go through the required domain verification process
Now back on the main admin screen, hit "Google Apps" and click "add Services" (a box icon on the top right)
Under "Other Services" enter your GAE app ID
On the "Settings for " page coming up, hit "Add new URL"
Select the domain name added in Step 1+, adding a prefix such as "www" in front
Confirm and be done with it
Just done and verified. Works for me and I suspect the same procedure would work for any further domains the same way.
DISCLAIMER: Again, this is for people with a prior Google Apps account. However, it should also be relevant for people that paid for a single such account. This single account should then be sufficient to map multiple GAE apps to multiple domains, if you don't need an independent copy of the other Google apps goodies every time.
Starting June 15 and for a limited time, Google will offer a USD $50.00 App Engine credit for Google App Engine developers who have recently purchased a new Google Apps for Business domain account for their App Engine application.
To review the terms and conditions for this site and request a credit for an eligible application, please visit this site.
Here is the google groups discussion : https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/google-appengine/jC_K-YlmXhM
Quoting from the link above:
We are working on a solution that will make this process simpler for
developers and not require a paid subscription for Google Apps for
Business.
In the meantime, starting from June 15, we will offer a $50 App Engine
credit for developers who need to purchase a new Google Apps for
Business domain in order to associate a domain with an App Engine
account.
Actually there is one free solution, for people that don't have Google Apps account yet.
Go to AppEngine -> Application Settings -> Add domain -> Sign up for Google Apps
Start a free 30 day trial - Do not add the billing options
Setup your domain
Add the domain to your app engine project
When the 30 day trial expire the domain will still work.
I have an App Engine web application (based on python) in which one I would like to offer a "Free" Version and a "Premium" one. I would like to charge a monthly fee to the users that want to use the Premium version of the app, blocking access to premium features to the free users, just as Grooveshark does.
Which is the best way to do this when you're using Google App Engine for developing? I mean, I know that Paypal let you to charge a monthly fee to users but, How can I restrict access between the two interfaces? I'm really lost in this field, Never made a "Paid Model App" before.
Authorization determines what your users are allowed to do in your application based on their roles/permissions.
Basically you would need the following things:
A flag membership status that indicates if a user is Premium or not; this should be set after the payment
A #is_premium decorator to check if, reading the membership flag value
, a given Web Handler can be called by the current user
Have a look to Web2py authorization, Django Auth or Tipfy acl extension for some pretty neat solutions.
If i want to rent space on my service which I in turn host on Google App Service, is there some Terms of Service i need to know about?
Also, if I want to provide a service that should be customized for a company, say a Wiki that the company can tailor like their own with skins and even domains. Can that be done? Will I have to provide the binaries to be installed at my customer's Google App accounts? E.g. my wiki application would run at wiki.company.com
I don't believe there is anything in the TOS that prevents you from selling your software as a service on GAE.
The domain issue is a bit trickier at the moment, however, as there are relatively limited tools for attaching large numbers of domain names to a single app instance. Your best bet at the moment would likely be to purchase Google for domains accounts for each customer and host them on these separate accounts.
(cf Issue 113)