URL should be show to file inside the bucket.

Google Cloud Compute Infrastructure
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I have bucket named as staticcontent, structure as follows.

  • blogs
    • web-stories
      • a.html

Folder structure as follows(/blogs/web-stories/a.html)

In global external Application Load Balancer, I created backend bucket to serve data from staticcontent bucket, it works, so if i enter www.example.com/blogs/web-stories/a.html, it shows file(a.html) inside the web-stories folder,

Now, i want the url www.example.com/web-stories/a.html should be display the same file.

I want both urls, both should display same file.

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Hi @rajasingh012 ,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

I understand that you desire to change www.example.com/blogs/web-stories/a.html to www.example.com/web-stories/a.html , both displaying the same content from the bucket. You can simply accomplish this by modifying your Url map.

As stated on the documentation, you should be able to create a YAML file that when a user requests path /, the path gets rewritten in the backend to the actual location of the content, which is in your case /blogs/.

Steps:

  • List your load balancer Url map on your console:

gcloud compute url-maps list

gcloud compute url-maps describe loadbalancername

Open terminal

  • Create a YAML file
  • Insert below script after changing all necessary details:
defaultService: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/
PROJECT_ID/global/backendBuckets/<bucketname>
hostRules:
- hosts:
  - '*'
  pathMatcher: path-matcher-1
name: <loadbalancername>
pathMatchers:
- defaultService: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/global/backendBuckets/<bucketname>
  name: path-matcher-1
  pathRules:
  - paths:
    - /*
    routeAction:
      urlRewrite:
        pathPrefixRewrite: /blogs/
    service: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/global/backendBuckets/<bucketname>

Then to apply on(CLI):

gcloud compute url-maps import <loadbalancername> \
   --source <yamlfilename> \
   --global

After applying the YAML and load balancer has been updated, you should be able to access the content when you enter www.example.com/web-stories/a.html*,* it may take a few minutes to load.

I would also recommend you to check on how to Set up a classic Application Load Balancer with Cloud Storage buckets. It is critical that you have your load balancer set up correctly before you proceed on modifying your Url map.

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