Port 443 times out on kubernetes in GCE - ssl

Question

I have created a kubernetes cluster where I'm currently running only a docker service that is serving a static web page. It is working exposing the standard port 80.
Now I want to attach an SSL certificate to the domain, and have managed to do so running locally. But when I try to publish my service to the kubernates cluster, the https://my.domain.com times out. It appears like the service does not receives the request, but is blocked by the kuernates or GCE.
Do I need to open up a firewall, or setup my cluster deployment to open port 443? What might be the issue?
I have heard about Ingress and kubernetes secrets, and that is the way to go. But all I find is with using Ingress-nginx, and as I'm only having a single docker service I do not utilize Nginx. To me it seems like enabling the 443 call to reach the service would be the easiest solution. Or am I wrong?
Below is my setup:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: client
spec:
type: LoadBalancer
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 80
protocol: TCP
name: http
- port: 443
targetPort: 443
protocol: TCP
name: https
selector:
name: client-pods
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apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: client
spec:
replicas: 1
revisionHistoryLimit: 0
template:
metadata:
labels:
name: client-pods
spec:
containers:
- image: <CONTAINER>
name: client-container
imagePullPolicy: Always
ports:
- containerPort: 80
name: http
- containerPort: 443
name: https
livenessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /health
port: http
initialDelaySeconds: 10
timeoutSeconds: 1
I have also enabled HTTPS traffic on the GKE VM running the cluster, and the Dockerfile exposes both 80 and 443. I'm at a loss. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?