Using Bitnami LAMP on GC instead of appengine

[Richard Bernstein]

I had added this to the bottom of another post but just moved it here so I can get a few different opinions:

I also see that Google offers Bitnami Launchpad for Google Cloud Platform. I have a php app that runs with mysql on my xampp fine. Why would I just not use Bitnami for GC instead of AppEngine? Is it the cost? The ability to handle many more users? Scalability? Or something else? This seems like the most direct way to get my app running on GC. But what do I lose by doing this? 

[George (Cloud Platform Support)]

It all depends on the scalability requirements for your app, and the amount of time you are ready to spend in performing administration and set up of your compute engine instance. You are right, costs would differ between app engine and compute engine. You may gather more detail on the "Building Scalable and Resilient Web Applications on Google Cloud Platform" page. 

Otherwise, your questions may be reduced to one: the differences between GAE and GCE. A comprehensive answer to the "What is the difference between Google App Engine and Google Compute Engine?" may be found in stackoverflow. 

[Angel’s Business Co.]

How do you deploy google course builder?

[George (Cloud Platform Support)]

To deploy course builder, you need first to refer to the "Set Up Course Builder" online document. The actual deployment is referred to through the link "Deploy Course Builder to the cloud". The "Set Up and Deploy New Version" page is highly relevant as well. 

This question is unrelated to the one above, and you should post it in the appropriate forum. Otherwise, the "Course Builder Forum" should provide helpful hints.