GCP App Engine Flashcards
Can I run docker on GCP app engine?
Yes, docker images/runtime is supported
How do I deploy an app to GCP app engine?
Type ‘gcloud app deploy’ from your source code repository
What are the two different environments GCP app engine supports?
Standard and Flexible
With the GCP app engine standard environment can I load my own docker image with my own runtimes?
No
With the GCP app engine flexible environment can I load my own docker image with my own runtimes?
Yes
With the GCP app engine standard environment can I scale up fast (seconds)?
Yes
With the GCP app engine standard environment can I scale up fast (seconds)?
No
Is the GCP app engine standard environment more constrained and less flexible?
Yes
Witch GCP app engine environment offers the most flexibility?
Flexible
Witch GCP app engine environment standard, can I bring my own container and runtime?
No
Is GCP app engion a global?
No, it is regional, resources run in a region.
In GCP app engine, a zone fails, will this effect my app?
No, appengine is designed to use all zones in a region.
Is app engine available in every region in the world?
No
When I deploy an application, is the application deployed globally or just to a region?
Just to a single region, the single region is a collection of zones(data centres), the app is deployed across all the zones(data centers).
Will the standard app engine environment offer a simpler experience and scale fast?
Yes