chriscalo / gae-node-starter

Minimal boilerplate for a Node.js app running on AppEngine.

gae-node-starter

Minimal boilerplate for a Node.js app running on AppEngine.

Local development

First, install dependencies:

yarn

Then run the development server:

yarn run dev

Deployment

After deploying, Google App Engine executes npm run start, so you need to be sure the start script in package.json does what you want:

npm run start
# or
yarn run start

Then to deploy you'll need the gcloud command-line utility. Go to cloud.google.com/sdk/install to install it.

Next, you'll need a Project ID. If you don't already have a project, create one via the GCP Console.

Then go into the package.json file and replace <project-id> with your project ID from the GCP Console in the deploy scripts:

{
  // ...
  "scripts": {
    "deploy": "gcloud app deploy app.yaml --no-promote --project=<project-id>",
    "deploy:quiet": "gcloud app deploy app.yaml --quiet --no-promote --project=<project-id>"
  },
  // ...
}

Then run the deploy script:

yarn run deploy

Or, to deploy without asking questions, run the quiet version:

yarn run deploy:quiet