ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED after following “Hosting a Static Website” tutorial

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I have been trying to get my domain (nicschmidt.com) working by following this tutorial: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/hosting-static-website#storage-upload-object-client_libraries.

I have done the and double-checked the following:

  • create project
  • enable billing
  • verify ownership of domain (I bought it off of google domains)
  • create cname alias
  • create bucket
  • upload files and share files and folders

If I request the link https://storage.googleapis.com/www.nicschmidt.com/index.html, I can find the index page I uploaded but when I request nicschmidt.com I get the 'nicschmidt.com’s server DNS address could not be found.' page.

Does anyone have any ideas on what might have gone wrong?

I have searched and not found anyone posting of the same issue when hosting a static website via Google Cloud.

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1 Answers

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You do not have the CNAME alias set up correctly:

$ dig nicschmidt.com

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49571
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;nicschmidt.com.            IN  A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
nicschmidt.com.     299 IN  SOA ns-cloud-d1.googledomains.com. cloud-dns-hostmaster.google.com. 5 21600 3600 259200 300

$ dig www.nicschmidt.com

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 57279
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.nicschmidt.com.        IN  A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
nicschmidt.com.     243 IN  SOA ns-cloud-d1.googledomains.com. cloud-dns-hostmaster.google.com. 5 21600 3600 259200 300

Notice that there is no answer section and the status is NXDOMAIN, indicating no record is present. Make sure your DNS provider has the record fully saved.