1. Hosted on Google infrastructure, so it's going to be fast.
2. If it's a low traffic site, then it's almost free.
Steps
1. Python 2.7 must be installed on your machine. If you are on Mac, it's already installed.
2. Download GAE SDK for Python.
3. Create new application for your static site using GoogleAppEngineLauncher.
4. Create a directory called static under your-site-name directory.
5. Copy the following sample app.yaml for a static site:
application: essentialtdd
version: 1
runtime: python27
api_version: 1
threadsafe: yes
handlers:
- url: /(.*\.(appcache|manifest))
mime_type: text/cache-manifest
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.(appcache|manifest))
expiration: "0m"
- url: /(.*\.atom)
mime_type: application/atom+xml
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.atom)
expiration: "1h"
- url: /(.*\.crx)
mime_type: application/x-chrome-extension
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.crx)
- url: /(.*\.css)
mime_type: text/css
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.css)
- url: /(.*\.eot)
mime_type: application/vnd.ms-fontobject
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.eot)
- url: /(.*\.htc)
mime_type: text/x-component
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.htc)
- url: /(.*\.html)
mime_type: text/html
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.html)
expiration: "1h"
- url: /(.*\.ico)
mime_type: image/x-icon
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.ico)
expiration: "7d"
- url: /(.*\.js)
mime_type: text/javascript
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.js)
- url: /(.*\.json)
mime_type: application/json
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.json)
expiration: "1h"
- url: /(.*\.m4v)
mime_type: video/m4v
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.m4v)
- url: /(.*\.mp4)
mime_type: video/mp4
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.mp4)
- url: /(.*\.(ogg|oga))
mime_type: audio/ogg
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.(ogg|oga))
- url: /(.*\.ogv)
mime_type: video/ogg
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.ogv)
- url: /(.*\.otf)
mime_type: font/opentype
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.otf)
- url: /(.*\.rss)
mime_type: application/rss+xml
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.rss)
expiration: "1h"
- url: /(.*\.safariextz)
mime_type: application/octet-stream
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.safariextz)
- url: /(.*\.(svg|svgz))
mime_type: images/svg+xml
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.(svg|svgz))
- url: /(.*\.swf)
mime_type: application/x-shockwave-flash
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.swf)
- url: /(.*\.ttf)
mime_type: font/truetype
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.ttf)
- url: /(.*\.txt)
mime_type: text/plain
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.txt)
- url: /(.*\.unity3d)
mime_type: application/vnd.unity
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.unity3d)
- url: /(.*\.webm)
mime_type: video/webm
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.webm)
- url: /(.*\.webp)
mime_type: image/webp
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.webp)
- url: /(.*\.woff)
mime_type: application/x-font-woff
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.woff)
- url: /(.*\.xml)
mime_type: application/xml
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.xml)
expiration: "1h"
- url: /(.*\.xpi)
mime_type: application/x-xpinstall
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.xpi)
# image files
- url: /(.*\.(bmp|gif|ico|jpeg|jpg|png))
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.(bmp|gif|ico|jpeg|jpg|png))
# audio files
- url: /(.*\.(mid|midi|mp3|wav))
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.(mid|midi|mp3|wav))
# windows files
- url: /(.*\.(doc|exe|ppt|rtf|xls))
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.(doc|exe|ppt|rtf|xls))
# compressed files
- url: /(.*\.(bz2|gz|rar|tar|tgz|zip))
static_files: static/\1
upload: static/(.*\.(bz2|gz|rar|tar|tgz|zip))
# index files
- url: /(.+)/
static_files: static/\1/index.html
upload: static/(.+)/index.html
expiration: "15m"
- url: /(.+)
static_files: static/\1/index.html
upload: static/(.+)/index.html
expiration: "15m"
# site root
- url: /
static_files: static/index.html
upload: static/index.html
expiration: "15m"
6. Click deploy on GoogleAppEngineLauncher.
Since I bought my domain using Google domains, I configured custom domain to point to my GAE instance by using the Google Developer Console and Google Domains account page as follows.
References
1. Free Static Website Hosting on Google App Engine
2. Google App Engine to Host a Static Site
3. Google App Engine Concole
4. Configuration file
