Could you suggest me a suitable solution on GCP?

[behavin behavin]

Hi,

I have a Spring boot application that produce small public REST API. Is written in Java11 and I would like to run it in Apache Tomcat 9.x .

Could you recommend me , which environment should I use on GCP?

I started with App Engine (standard environment), but I am not sure if it is suitable form java + spring application.

I would like to run my app in 1 instance, later (if  will be necessary ) to scale in more instance.

Thanks for advice.

Jaromir

[Elliott (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hello Jaromir,

I understand that you would like some advice on running your Spring Boot application on Google Cloud Platform. There are a few ways you can do this. For example, you may use Google App Engine Standard or Google Google Kubernetes GKE, both having tutorials here.

To offer the best advice, what are your concerns specifically? Maybe after using the information from the links, you would be more sure.

The community would recommend an environment but if you provide your use case, it will be easier.

For example, for Google App Engine Standard, applications can be easy to create. Since this is managed, the app may be simple to maintain and scale depending on traffic and data. You don’t need to maintain a server. In theory, you upload your app and that’s it.

[behavin behavin]

Hi Elliott,

I appreciate you answering me, thanks for links I started to reading it from begining. I have also deployed my springboot application to Google App Engine Standard . It works but I have some problems with that.

My use case:

 - I would like use "platform-as-a-service", where I deploy my springboot app  (jar or war) and let application running for long time.

 - My app is connected to google cloud SQL (mysql8).

 - I would like use advantage of simple maintain and scaling (automatically create more instances if it will be necessary).

 - I would like use a similar product like Elasticbeanstalk on AWS, (using Apache Tomcat 9.x  , springboot is familiar with it) but from Google Cloud.

 - My application has cca 100MB (with libraries).

 - In first phase I expect just only hundreds or thousands requests per whole day.

 - I would like use CI/CD from gitlab.

Now, after I deployed to Google App Engine Standard (runtime: java11, instance_class: B2, manual_scaling:  instances: 1 ) I have this problem:

- During or after the app start I noticed that server is several times restarted. After cca 5 minutes it is stable and working normally. I am not sure if Google App Engine Standard is suitable solution for me...

Thanks for answer and have a nice day.

Jaromír

Dne úterý 19. ledna 2021 v 16:05:35 UTC+1 uživatel Elliott (Cloud Platform Support) napsal:

[Denis T (Google Cloud Platform Support)]

Hello Jaromír,

Based on your use case, the Google App Engine seems to be the product you're looking for. Here you can find a comparison of the two GAE environments: Standard and Flexible, however, I think that the GAE standard was an appropriate choice for you.

As for the restarts, according to the GAE documentation, when the instance is created and started:
    "Manual scaling instances are restarted immediately, while basic scaling instances are restarted only when needed for serving traffic."

Overall, App Engine tries to keep manual scaling instances running indefinitely. However, please keep in mind that it doesn't guarantee any uptime for now. Nevertheless, if by any chance you notice any unusual behavior in you instance, I would recommend you to open a ticket with the Google Cloud Platform technical support, as that will allow us to inspect your instance more thoroughly.

[behavin behavin]

Hi Google,

I am looking forward to your answer ...

I described my use cases and what I want, do you need anything else? Any other information?

I will appreciate your advice or tips.

Thanks for response

Jaromir

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[Saigeetha Sundara]

Hello Jaromír,

Since you are experiencing an unusual behavior in your  Google App Engine Standard that is you are seeing the app is getting restarted several times. I would recommend you to open a Support ticket for the same, in order to analyse the logs and understand why the server is restarting. 

Please refer to the documentation here [1] to create a support ticket.

[1] https://cloud.google.com/support/