Laravel on Google Cloud Run
GCPLaravelAbout Google Cloud Run #
Google launch a month ago Google Cloud Run, something between Google App Engine with
flexible environment and Kubernetes. With cost optimization, GAE flex can't have 0 instance
for running the service. It's zero-op and doesn't have the complexity of Kubernetes.
The idea is to submit a docker image that Google Cloud Run will deploy within a minute
(or two).
- Still Beta
- Only one region available (us-central) UPDATE: Not anymore, I've seen european region available
The pricing model seems interesting, the ability to have 0 instance running can be
useful. I'm not sure how the price would scale in heavy production load.
About the sample Laravel app #
- Laravel
- Mysql
- Controller and Model
Log. The simplest entity that I cloud think of. - Api route, no auth.
You can get the code on Github. Look for the cloud-run tag on the repository as the project
is kind of a sandbox and can move.
This is not a Laravel tutorial, generate a resource LogController, or just the index
and store as I done. The idea is to store some logs and read them.
POST http://localhost:8080/api/log content='foobar'
GET http://localhost:8080/api/log
Dockerfile #
Cloud run needs a dockerfile and an application that run on 8080 port.
- The gcloud has a ignore file with
vendorand.envin it.
FROM composer:1.6.5 as build
WORKDIR /app
COPY site /app
RUN composer install
FROM php:7.2-apache
RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql
EXPOSE 8080
COPY /app /var/www/
COPY 000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
COPY site/.env.prod /var/www/.env
RUN chmod 777 -R /var/www/storage/
RUN echo "Listen 8080" >> /etc/apache2/ports.conf
RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/ \
&& a2enmod rewriteFew comments on it
- I put all the Laravel project in a
site/folder, I would't do like this anymore, it's just a
sandbox project. .env.prod, maybe not the best practice but it's a test.- Port 8080 is a Google Cloud Run requirement.
Build the image #
Let's build the image.
You might need to setup permission, you will be prompt with a link on
the google dock to setup permission.
gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/nipsandbox/logs .It will submit the build, and perform the following steps
- Create a tarball of your sources
- Upload them on the google servers
- Build the docker image
- Stock the image on a Google Registry
It should look like this
Deploy on Google Run #
On the cloud registry, choose the google cloud run deployment like this
(or any other way)
The deployment is fast.
