Google Cloud Deployment
The following are the instructions to deploy the angular-fullstack app to Google Cloud App Engine Standard Environment
Prequsites
1. Google Cloud SDK
Download and install Google Cloud SDK
2. Create GCP Project
gcloud projects create [PROJECT_ID]
[PROJECT_ID]
ID for the project you want to create.
3. Enable Billing
You need to enable billing for your project before you begin using App Engine
gcloud alpha billing projects link my-project \
--billing-account 0X0X0X-0X0X0X-0X0X0X
gcloud alpha billing projects link
4. Create a MongoDB database
Create a MongoDB instance and obtain the uri and credentials. There are multiple options for creating a new MongoDB database.
Create a Google Compute Engine virtual machine with MongoDB pre-installed.
Create a MongoDB instance with MongoDB Atlas on GCP.
Use mLab to create a free MongoDB deployment on Google Cloud Platform.
Deployment Setup
1. Set Node / NPM versions
GCloud App Engine supports only the newest version of Node.js 8
"engines": {
"node": ">=8.0",
"npm": "^5.1.1"
},
2. Create Application configuration file (app.yaml)
A Node.js app in App Engine is configured through a file named app.yaml, that contains runtime, handlers,
scaling, and other general settings including environment variables.
2.1 create a 'app.yaml' file with the following contents
env: standard
runtime: nodejs8
env_variables:
MONGODB_URI: "mongodb://<dbuser :<dbpassword @<environment_URI/deployment_name"
2.2 Add app.yaml to .gitignore
Deployment Steps
1. Build the app
gulp build
2. Copy app.yaml to dist
cp app.yaml dist
3. Change to build directory
cd dist
4. Deploy
gcloud app deploy
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