So, I wrote my own application which is hosted on Google app engine., and can be accessed on URL like this: http://myapp.appspot.com/ – where “myapp” is the name/id of my application.
I want the app to be accessible on subdomain I don’t own (myapp.somedomain.com), and want to give admin of somedomain.com info he needs to set it up.
There is an awful lot of info about that, but after hours of googling I’m still not sure what I need to tell the admin. There’s a lot of talk about having to sign up for Google Apps which is supposedly free but I can only find that it has either trial period or costs $50/year, and about setting a CNAME. Can someone give me simple instructions – what do I tell my admin (apart from http://myapp.appspot.com/ URL), and what do I need to do in my Google app engine control panel?
You certainly don’t need to sign up for Google Apps for Domains, but if it something that you are considering doing anyway, it provides an extremely simple and straightforward integration point with AppEngine. You can simply enter the name of an AppEngine application and the subdomain by which you want it to be known, and that’s about it.
Apps for Domains is free at its basic service level, and I have never heard of any indication that the cost might increase. I use it for all of the several small businesses that I run, and it has never cost me a penny. You can certainly pay money for higher service levels, but you needn’t hesitate to sign up for App for Domains.
The admin of somedomain.com should know enough to be able to set up a redirect from myapp.subdomain.com to your application’s AppSpot address. There really shouldn’t be much to tell, but he or she should be able to look at this page for instructions.