How-to guides

Building

• Building container images

  Learn how to build and manage container images.

• Building Node.js applications

  Learn how to build Node.js applications.

• Building Java applications

  Learn how to build Java applications.

• Building Go applications

  Learn how to build Go applications.

• Building VM images with Packer

  Learn how to build VM images with Packer.

• Storing build artifacts

  Learn how to store build artifacts.

Deploying Builds

• Deploying to GKE

  Learn how to deploy images to GKE.

• Deploying to Cloud Run

  Learn how to deploy images to Cloud Run.

• Deploying to App Engine

  Learn how to deploy images to App Engine.

• Deploying to Cloud Functions

  Learn how to deploy images to Cloud Functions.

• Deploying to Firebase

  Learn how to deploy images to Firebase.

Starting a build manually

• Starting a build manually

  Describes how to start a build in Cloud Build manually using the gcloud command-line tool and the Cloud Build API.

Automating builds using triggers

• Creating and managing build triggers

  Keep your build images up-to-date by creating build triggers.

• Creating GitHub app triggers

  Automatically invoke builds on Git pushes and pull requests, and view your build results on GitHub and Cloud Console.

• Creating manual triggers

  Learn how to create and run a trigger that can only be invoked manually using the Cloud Console

Viewing build results

• Viewing build results

  Learn how to view your build results.

Configuring builds

• Creating a basic build config file

  Write a basic Cloud Build build config file.

• Substituting variable values

  Learn how to use built-in and user-defined substitution to resolve runtime variables.

• Using bash-style string operations and payload bindings in substitutions

  Learn how to use bash-style string operations and payload bindings as substitution variable values.

• Configuring the order of build steps

  Learn how to specify the order in which your build steps are executed.

• Running bash scripts

  Learn how to run bash scripts in build steps.

• Using community-contributed builders and custom builders

  Learn how to use community-contributed builders and custom builders.

• Interacting with Docker Hub images

  Learn how to interact with Docker Hub images to execute tasks in Cloud Build.

• Building and debugging locally

  Build and debug using Cloud Build on your local machine.

Optimizing build speed

• Speeding up builds

  Increase the speed of your builds.

• Building leaner containers

  Learn how to build leaner Docker images.

• Using Kaniko cache

  Cache container build artifacts using Kaniko cache.

Securing builds

• Using encrypted secrets and credentials

  Learn how to use encrypted resources to pass secrets, files, and other data to builds.

• Configuring access for project members

  Use Identity and Access Management to configure access to your builds for project members.

• Configuring access to Cloud Build service account

  Configure your Cloud project Service Account to give Cloud Build access to resources in other projects.

• Configuring user-specified service accounts

  Configure Cloud Build to use your own service account to run builds on your behalf.

Logging

• Audit logging

  Learn about the audit logs created by Cloud Build as part of Cloud Audit Logs.

• Storing and managing build logs

  Learn how to store, view, and delete build logs.

Configuring notifications

• Configuring Slack notifications

  Learn how to configure notifications for build status updates using the Slack notifier.

• Configuring SMTP notifications

  Learn how to configure notifications for build status updates using the SMTP notifier.

• Configuring BigQuery notifications

  Learn how to configure notifications for build status updates using the BigQuery notifier.

• Configuring HTTP notifications

  Learn how to configure notifications for build status updates using the HTTP notifier.

• Automating configuration for notifications

  Learn how to automate configuration for notifications.

Subscribing to build notifications

• Subscribing to build notifications

  Learn how to subscribe to build notifications using Cloud Pub/Sub.