Fady, thanks for the reply, immensely helpful in understanding. The problem is Amazon - nothing else. For code execution and all other factors - yes, I want fastest and best options.
But it's all about Amazon. For a UK user, I don't mind if the server is in USA - as long as the IP address that is given to Amazon 'appears' to be a UK one. It's not Amazon as such - they're super helpful and nice. It's the robot computers that will detect activity from Google's servers in North Korea and freeze the account for days, while the seller cries saying everything is OK - while banging their head against a wall. So... 1. Can I control the reported IP number? 2. For one user, can I repeatedly use the same IP number again and again? The idea is that each user will have their own IP address. Let me know what you think. Thanks. On Wednesday, 18 April 2018 00:09:40 UTC+1, Fady (Google Cloud Platform) wrote: > > Hello Omar, > > In general, using Google Cloud Platform, you may try hosting your > application in two different ways. The first is by using Google App Engine > <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/> where the idea is to focus on your > code and build your application without worrying about the underlying > infrastructure. However the infrastructure that is hosting your app is > regional <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/locations>, and you > have to choose the region before deployment (project creation). For > example, if you choose to have your application in europe-west2 (London), > then your customers in London will have faster response time than other > customers from other parts of the world. > > The second approach is to manage your own virtual infrastructure through > Google > Compute Engine <https://cloud.google.com/compute/>. For example, you can > create as many VM instances > <https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/create-start-instance> > as you wish in multiple regions > <https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/>, and run your > application accordingly, load balance and autoscale > <https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/> the VMs, use Cloud > CDN <https://cloud.google.com/cdn/>, etc. > > In both circumstances IP addresses are not the proper resources to > determine where the underlying infrastructure is hosting your application ( > VM instance for example). As a matter of fact, Google Cloud IP addresses > are not specific to a region > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/gce-discussion/ip$20address$20in$20europe/gce-discussion/otD1c6E-wWI/3c0HxTf71HcJ>, > > and they are usually registered to be originating in the USA ( Mountain > View) despite that the resource using it could be somewhere else. In other > words, your customers can not determine the location of your resource from > an IP address. I hope this answers your question. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/f77bf4f0-8acb-4517-8ed1-4c096cf12996%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
