How-to Guides

Using Python Libraries

• Using Python Libraries

  Use any Linux-compatible Python package in the App Engine flexible environment.

Configuring Your Application

• Organizing Configuration Files

  Understand how to use configuration files to control optional features that apply to all the services in an app.

• Using app.yaml

  Specify your Python runtime configuration, including versions and URLs.

• Scheduling Jobs with cron.yaml

  Configure regularly scheduled tasks that operate at defined times or regular intervals.

• Configuring Datastore Indexes with index.yaml

  Define query indexes for Cloud Datastore.

• Using Custom Domains and SSL

  Use a custom domain with an App Engine app and set up SSL.

Testing and Deploying your Application

• Testing and Deploying your Application

  Run your program locally and deploy it to App Engine.

Connecting to an Instance with SSH

• Connecting to an Instance with SSH

  Connect to an instance hosting your application for debugging purposes.

Integrating with Google Analytics

• Integrating with Google Analytics

  Collect, store, process, and report on these user-interactions in your application.

Caching Application Data

• Caching Data with Memorystore

  Use Memorystore for Redis as a distributed in-memory data cache in front of or in place of persistent storage.

Serving Static Files

• Serving Static Files

  Learn how to serve static files such as JavaScript, images, and CSS from your app.

Storing Data and Files

• Using Cloud Datastore (NoSQL application data)

  Store application data from your App Engine app in Cloud Datastore.

• Using Cloud SQL for MySQL

  Store application data from your App Engine app in Cloud SQL for MySQL.

• Using Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL

  Store application data from your App Engine app in Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL.

• Using Cloud Storage (cloud file hosting)

  Store and serve files, such as movies or images or other static content.

• Using Third-Party Databases

  Choose from a variety of third-party databases, such as Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and Hadoop.

Debugging Your App

• Writing Application Logs

  Learn how to write application logs and view request and response details in application and system logs.

• Debugging an Instance

  Connect to an instance hosting your application for debugging purposes.

• Understanding Performance with Cloud Profiler

  Collect CPU usage and Wall-clock timing information from your application and view it in the Google Cloud Platform Console.

Send & Receive Pub/Sub Messages

• Send & Receive Pub/Sub Messages

  Use reliable, many-to-many, asynchronous messaging between applications.

Authenticating Users

• Authenticating Users

  Learn about user authentication options for App Engine.

Authorizing Apps

• Authorizing Apps

  Learn how to use service accounts to authorize applications.

Granting Project Access

• Granting Project Access

  Provide role-based access to your project and its resources.

Using Shared VPC

• Using the App Engine flexible environment on a Shared VPC network

  Set up your App Engine flexible environment instances to run on a Shared VPC network.

Email and Messaging

• Sending Messages with Third-Party Services

  To send email, SMS messages, or make and receive phone calls from your app, use any of several third-part services.

Migrating Services from the Standard Environment to the Flexible Environment

• Migrating Services from the Standard Environment to the Flexible Environment

  Migrate specific services and APIs from the standard environment to the flexible environment.

Upgrading to the App Engine Flexible Environment Latest Release

• Upgrading to the App Engine Flexible Environment Latest Release

  Upgrade to the latest release of the App Engine flexible environment by updating your `app.yaml` and accounting for breaking changes from the beta release.

Customizing the Python Runtime

• Customizing the Python Runtime

  Learn how to add additional functionality to a Python app running in the flexible environment.

Running App Engine Apps on GKE

• Running App Engine Apps on GKE

  Run your App Engine flexible environment application on GKE without changing your code.