Google Cloud App Engine provides a solid, easy-to-access platform for a wide range of web apps. Its interoperability with other Google Cloud services, such as Cloud Datastore, enhances its effectiveness. In this hands-on lab, we’ll deploy an app to App Engine that allows users to enter details into a NoSQL database, Cloud Datastore, and displays the proper HTML template and CSS. The process requires that we customize the `config.py` file before deploying the app.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Enable APIs and clone GitHub repository.
- From the main navigation, visit the APIs & Services > Libraries page, and search for "Datastore".
- Select the Cloud Datastore API.
- If the API is not available, click Enable.
- Repeat the process to enable the Cloud Build API and Container Registry API
- Activate the Cloud Shell.
- When it spins up, create the necessary bucket (bucket name must be unique):
gsutil mb -c regional -l us-east1 gs://[BUCKET_NAME]
gsutil iam ch allUsers:objectViewer gs://[BUCKET_NAME] - Clone the GitHub repository:
git clone https://github.com/linuxacademy/content-gc-essentials - Change directory to the
content-gc-essentials/app-engine-labfolder.
- Configure `config.py` file.
- From the Cloud Shell Editor, open
config.pyin theapp-engine-labfolder. - Change
PROJECT_IDto the current project, as shown in the Cloud Shell. - Change the "CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET" variable value to your unique bucket name.
- Save the file.
- From the Cloud Shell Editor, open
- Deploy the app.
- In the Cloud Shell, enter the following code:
gcloud config set app/cloud_build_timeout 6000s gcloud app deploy - When prompted, choose the us-east1 region.
- In the Cloud Shell, enter the following code:
- Test the app.
- In the Cloud Shell, enter the following code:
gcloud app browse - If the browser window does not open, click the generated link.
- In the Cloud Shell, enter the following code:
