Running Managed VMs on Micro Instances

[Derek Perkins]

With the app.yaml files where you request resources, it seems hard to know what you're going to be charged for.

resources:
  cpu: .5
  memory_gb: 1.3
  disk_size_gb: 10

It looks simple enough, but what if I have a super light weight process that I'd like to run on a micro instance. Is there a configuration that will allow for that?

Thanks,

Derek

[Christopher Hesse]

It sounds like you're charged for the nearest available instance type.  I use this one:

resources:

  cpu: .1

  memory_gb: 0.1

  disk_size_gb: 10

And it seems to result in an f1-micro (1 vCPU, 0.6 GB memory)