Building Node.js applications with App Engine and Custom Runtimes
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when answering questions about running Node.js on Google App Engine and where Managed VMs with custom runtimes show up in the console.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2014 to 2015.
What it is
A short Google for Developers video from 2014 introducing Custom Runtimes on App Engine, which let developers run any language or serving stack. It walks through getting started with a simple Node.js application deployed with a custom runtime.
What people said
Recommends fernandopasik · 2014-06 · Stack Overflow · on “why is javascript node.js not on google app engine”
As of June 2014, Google had a limited preview for custom languages on Google App Engine (which is different from Google Compute Engine) [LINK] . Watch Building Node.js applications with App Engine and Custom Runtimes [this video] and check out [LINK] : App Engine now offers a second hosting option: Managed VMs. The Managed VM hosting environment lets you run App Engine applications on configurable Compute Engine Virtual Machines (VMs). You can also use Managed VMs to deploy user-configurable custom runtimes [LINK] , such as for Node.js [LINK] and other runtimes. The procedure to get into the beta is: Sign up and create a Managed VM project Managed VMs are in Limited Preview, you must sign up for
Cites Faizan · 2014-12 · Stack Overflow · on “No instances in app engine admin console”
I was planning to deploy a managed VM with custom runtime and was watching this Google I/O bytes video [this video] and it seems it's expected. The manged vms with custom runtimes will show under Compute Engine on your developer console (4:35 in this video). You will be able to manage your App through App Engine on developer console.
Cites Rockstar5645 · 2015-09 · Stack Overflow · on “How to deploy a nodejs application to google cloud?”
I'm trying to deploy a nodejs application to google cloud, I've posted several SO questions about the errors I've been getting and how to fix them. Let me illustrate my endeavours... problem 1) [LINK] I tried following the tutorial [LINK] , the hello world app deployment. When I entered the command to deploy, $ gcloud preview app deploy app.yaml --set-default It gave me an error saying managed vms aren't available for your application's region. I contacted someone from Google, a technical support representative from google, said his name was Ling, and he said he "wasn't aware managed vms weren't supported in India" and he wanted me to point out where I found that information. So I sent him t