Reputation: 257
Google Compute Engine instances can be secured behind a firewall that allows you to open the instance by ports and/or IP addresses.
Google App Engine doesn't use a single IP address.
I have a Compute Engine server running Nginx that I would like to completely lock down so the only way to access it is through an application on Google App Engine, is this possible?
If not, is there a simple way to send a POST request with a string of characters to Nginx, that if not present, the Nginx server would send people to a 404?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 146
Reputation: 1613
Use HTTP authentication as per the question Dan has linked to. There is no viable network/IP/firewall mechanism to restrict access.
The HTTP authentication works just fine!
Upvotes: 0