Stopped and Started my VM instance now my websites are down

[raytony2000]

I stopped my VM instanced, then went to Edit, then deleted a secondary disk (500GB) that I really wasn't using anymore. Then Started the VM instance and now my wordpress website is not coming up.  This is the error:   This site can’t be reached
www.rayestevez.com took too long to respond.

Try:

Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
Running Windows Network Diagnostics
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

[lawrencenelson]

Hi @raytony2000,

Welcome to the Google Cloud Community!

Have you tried restarting the web server? You can do so by using the following commands:

Apache:
sudo systemctl start apache2

Nginx:
sudo systemctl start nginx


Additionally, if your VM instance has an ephemeral IP, it might change after stopping and starting it. To ensure a consistent IP, consider assigning a static IP. You can find instructions on how to do this in the documentation.

Please let me know if this worked so that we can troubleshoot further. Alternatively, you can contact Google Cloud Support to further look into your case. Thank you!