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Website Hosting Blueprint

From Repo to Live Website in One Big Beautiful Leap

Forget complicated configs. Skip to the part where it all just works. This blueprint puts your website on your own domain, with the SSL certificate issued and renewed for you.

Free Hosting with the Networking Done for You

Ready to launch, or ready to migrate from your current host?

The usual routes are a paid platform like Vercel or a weekend in the Google Cloud console.

This blueprint skips both. Your website goes live on production-grade infrastructure, set up and free.

Work You Won't Have to Do:

  • No load balancer and proxy setup.
  • No provisioning servers by hand.
  • No scripting your container builds.
  • No writing security rules from scratch.
Hello World website hosting blueprint card
Gateway node with its domain routed to the Web Container

A Lean Setup with Nothing Left Out

platform201 turns cloud infrastructure into a visual graph. Each node is a running service; each line a connection that lets two services talk.

Gateway

Takes in visitor traffic, holds your SSL certificate, and keeps external threats away.

Web Container

Runs your website from your GitHub repo or uploaded files, on the runtime and port you choose.

GitHub Integration

Pulls your website's code from GitHub each time you hit Deploy, with no files to upload by hand.

Custom Domain & DNS

Points your own domain or subdomain at the Gateway through two CNAME records, HTTPS included.

Web Container pulling from GitHub with the two CNAME records for the custom domain

Landing Pages, Portfolios, Docs, and More

Use the Website Hosting blueprint to launch fast, secure websites and web applications with zero DevOps configuration.

Landing Pages

Landing Pages

Launch high-converting marketing websites with automatic HTTPS and custom domain support.

Portfolio & Personal Sites

Portfolio & Personal Sites

Host your developer portfolio, personal projects, or blog on a dedicated cloud endpoint.

Modern Web Frameworks

Modern Web Frameworks

Deploy Next.js, Astro, Remix, Vite, or React applications with framework-appropriate port settings.

Static Sites & SPAs

Static Sites & SPAs

Host HTML/CSS/JavaScript builds with fast asset delivery and reliable global reliability.

Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base

Publish technical docs, product guides, and public changelogs under your own brand domain.

Client Projects & MVPs

Client Projects & MVPs

Ship client websites and prototypes quickly without setting up manual GCP load balancers.

The Short Trip to a Live Website on Your Domain

Move from repository to a live custom-domain website with a visual setup flow that keeps infrastructure and domain routing simple.

1

Add Your Code

In the Web Container, connect a GitHub repo, upload a ZIP or folder, or use a container image.

2

Set the Runtime & Port

Choose your language and version, like Node.js 24, then set your app's port and environment variables.

3

Deploy

Press Deploy and follow the build from queue to live.

4

Open Your Live Website

Your website is up at its platform201.live address, ready to share before you touch DNS.

5

Add Your Custom Domain

On the Domains page, add a hostname you own, then publish the two CNAME records it gives you at your DNS provider. Once they resolve, your certificate is issued.

6

Publish Updates

Merge future changes to your GitHub branch and hit Deploy to publish them.

After Deployment

Your website is now live with the Gateway routing its traffic and a certificate that renews on its own.

Next you might add an API, a database, or a scheduled job. You place each one on the same graph and connect it to what's already there. The whole setup stays in plain sight.

platform201 and GitHub connected to the deployed website

Ready to Deploy Your Website?

Start with a working website hosting blueprint, connect your repository, and deploy on Google Cloud with your custom domain and SSL certificates handled for you.

Deploy This Blueprint

FAQ

Like many hosting platforms, platform201 runs on top of one of the big cloud providers. In our case that's Google Cloud, one of the three largest in the world and home to the production systems of many large companies. You deploy and manage your website through platform201, without ever opening the Google Cloud console.