PoC - deploy simple node app on Google App Engine

[RouvenGonzalez]

Evaluate options to deploy our site sofware-developer.org. For PoC deploy an app from a GitHub repo (e.g. hello world or code monkey).

Goals:

• deploy simple node app
• provide URL where app can be seen

Steps:

• what are services are needed (e.g. Compute Engine service)?
• deploy a demo app (or code monkey) from a GitHub repo

NOTE:

• all steps should be done (if possible) through CLI (gcloud cli)

Result: Summarize findings of deployment into #3

[taitruong]

How to deploy your Node.js app with Google

[taitruong]

Entry point:

• Tai: Google Cloud Platform - project 'website'.
• @KlugeCh: Google Cloud Platform - project 'sandbox-christian'.
• @RouvenGonzalez: Google Cloud Platform - project 'sandbox-rouven'.

Create App Engine

• go to App Enginge and click on 'Create Application'
  • Region: europe-west 3
    • as describe here region europe-west-3 contains Frankfurt
  • Language: Node.js
  • Environment: Flexible
    • flexible plan is required later for using Docker
    • TODO: check billing

Next install Cloud SDK cli as described in this comment of issue #4

[taitruong]

Repo for deployment: https://github.com/software-developer-org/hello-express

Create app.yaml file in root folder:

runtime: nodejs12

Deploy

$ gcloud auth login
$ gcloud app deploy

Test app/visit URL

$ gcloud app browse

Also check the README in the repo