No access to wordpress backend anymore - "Your connection is not private"-CodePudding

hope you can help me because I'm losing my mind here:

A couple of months ago, I started to build my new website (WordPress, hosted on Google Cloud, deployed with "Click to deploy" and I got the domain name on Google Domains).

Everything worked fine back then. But I needed to put this project on hold.

Now I wanted to continue working on the website, and I realized the VM was stopped. I successfully re-started it and wanted to access the WP back end with the link that can be found in the Deployment Manager of Google Clouds ([IP address]/wp-admin) but it doesn't work anymore. It only says the connection is not private, and I can't access the website. I can't even get to the login form.

What I have tried so far:

Changed ephemeral IP to static external IP & connected the VM to the IP
Pointed Domain toward static external IP - as shown in any tutorial

Updated NS on Google Domains
Created DNS Zones (A, CNAME)

Installed SSL for my domain successfull

Still not working, neither the IP nor the domain (server not found).

My guess - the Domain (mk-studios.net) is not live yet, and therefore, the SSL certification doesn't work yet. If not, I messed something up, and I don't know where to look. I don't get why it worked well months ago and has stopped working now.

Does anyone have a guess? Do you need any further details?

Thank you so much in advance,

Best, Mario

CodePudding user response：

This problem may have many causes but the most common is that your SSL has NOT installed properly. I suggest you the following steps:

Make sure that your SSL works fine and reinstall your SSL.
If you have access to DB, go to *_options table and in the first two rows siteurl && home you will find your URL. In this point remove the "S" from the https:// and make it http://.
If you have other server take the DB locally an connect with WP files from fresh installation.

Also when you remove the -s from https:// visit your url with incognito mode/private mode.

I will stay here to help you.

George

CodePudding user response：

thanks a lot for the detailed answer. I checked the siteurl && home rows and realized the option value is http://[IP adress] but it's the old IP address. I have a new static one now, maybe that's the issue?