GitHub - cdfisher/minimal_appengine: Mimimal example for deploying a Python app to Google App Engine for use as reference in COMP 596. Combines my notes, various pages with documentation, and minimal examples of the necessary files into one place.

Deploying to Google App Engine

This is a relatively minimal example of how to deploy a Python app using Flask to Google App Engine. All necessary files are included in this repo.

This mostly follows this guide from Google but includes some steps that guide fails to cover.

Enable the App Engine API in the cloud console.
Install the gcloud cli locally. Link to installer
cd to the /app/ directory.
Run gcloud auth login and go through the in-browser prompts that pop up.
gcloud config set project <PROJECT_ID>, where PROJECT_ID is the ID listed on the cloud console "Dashboard" page under "Project Info".

The quickstart guide from Google misses a few now-important steps, covered here:

Go to "Project Settings" -> "IAM" and find the principal with the name "App Engine default service account". Click the pencil icon "Edit principal".
Search and add the following permissions: "Artifact Registry Create-on-Push Writer", "Storage Admin", and "Logs Writer".
gcloud app deploy
Select the region where the app should be hosted (15 is northamerica-northeast1 at the time of writing).
When prompted to continue, enter Y
After deployment is finished, do gcloud app browse to open the application in your browser.

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