3. Laravel on Google App Engine

• Create a Google Cloud project and enable billing (attach a creditcard). Make sure the service account has the following permissions

  • App Engine Admin
  • App Engine Deployer
  • Cloud Build Editor
  • Service Account User
  • Storage Admin
  • Storage Object Admin
  • Storage Object Creator
  • Storage Object Viewer

  Google Cloud Platform

• Install the Cloud SDK

  Cloud SDK Command Line Tools | Cloud SDK: Command Line Interface

Setup Laravel

• Setup or use an existing Laravel project. Run php artisan serve to test it.

• Set het storage pad in bootstrap/app.php:

  $app->useStoragePath(env('APP_STORAGE', base_path() . '/storage'));

Setup Deployments

• Setup a app.yaml file selecting a PHP version (7.4 in this case) like the ones below. It is possible to setup multiple YAML-files and trigger de deployment per file to a specified version:

  # app.staging.yaml
  # 
  # GOOGLE APP ENGINE DEPLOYMENT FILE
  # gcloud app deploy app.staging.yaml -v staging --no-promote
  #
  
  runtime: php74
  
  # Put production environment variables here.
  env_variables:
  
      # Applicaton key
      APP_KEY: base64:dZt3l...
  
      # Storage path
      APP_STORAGE: /tmp
      VIEW_COMPILED_PATH: /tmp
      SESSION_DRIVER: cookie
      CACHE_DRIVER: file
      FILESYSTEM_DRIVER: public
  
      APP_ENV: staging
  
      #MYSQL SETTINGS
      DB_DATABASE: apply_api_staging
      DB_USERNAME: root
      DB_PASSWORD: ******
      DB_SOCKET: "/cloudsql/de-maastricht-studie-api:europe-west3:apply-api"
      DB_CONNECTION: mysql
  
  handlers:
      # All URLs beginning with /stylesheets are treated as paths to
      # static files in the stylesheets/ directory.
      - url: /favicon\.ico
        static_files: public/favicon.ico
        upload: public/favicon\.ico
  
      - url: /logo-small\.png
        static_files: public/logo-small.png
        upload: public/logo-small\.png
  
      - url: /vendor
        static_dir: public/vendor
  
      - url: /images
        static_dir: public/images

  # app.yaml
  # 
  # GOOGLE APP ENGINE DEPLOYMENT FILE
  # gcloud app deploy app.yaml -v production --promote
  #
  
  runtime: php74
  
  # Put production environment variables here.
  env_variables:
  
      # Applicaton key
      APP_KEY: base64:dZt3l...
  
      # Storage path
      APP_STORAGE: /tmp
      VIEW_COMPILED_PATH: /tmp
      SESSION_DRIVER: cookie
      CACHE_DRIVER: file
      FILESYSTEM_DRIVER: public
  
      APP_ENV: production
  
      #MYSQL SETTINGS
      DB_DATABASE: apply_api
      DB_USERNAME: root
      DB_PASSWORD: ******
      DB_SOCKET: "/cloudsql/de-maastricht-studie-api:europe-west3:apply-api"
      DB_CONNECTION: mysql
  
  handlers:
      # All URLs beginning with /stylesheets are treated as paths to
      # static files in the stylesheets/ directory.
      - url: /favicon\.ico
        static_files: public/favicon.ico
        upload: public/favicon\.ico
  
      - url: /logo-small\.png
        static_files: public/logo-small.png
        upload: public/logo-small\.png
  
      - url: /vendor
        static_dir: public/vendor
  
      - url: /images
        static_dir: public/images