Apply SSL into Google Compute Engine Instance

Question

I am new to Google Cloud Platform.

I bought a wildcard SSL and would like to know how to install Wildcard SSL into a Google Cloud Compute instance?

I used Cloud Shell to generate a CSR on Google Cloud Platform by using the following line of command, openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout yourdomain.key -out yourdomain.csr

I managed to activate my certification and received the ca-bundle files.

But I don't know what's the next step to install the SSL. I can't find anything about SSL in the Google Compute Engine tab.

How to install a SSL certificate on Google Cloud Platform

As the website above show, I must activate my SSL via App Engine but I have doubt on it.

Answer 1

There are different scenarios where SSL certificates can be used in GCP. The steps of the document you have linked applies for GAE but not for GCE.

If you have GCE instances running behind a load balancer, the certificate must be uploaded there. You can find the details on this article.

If you are not using a GCE LB and instead your instances are serving traffic directly, you must configure the certificate on the server. I.e. for NGINX you can follow these instructions.