Part 14: GCP: How to create docker container in GCP ?
In GCP, we can create a container for our application and can deploy it in five simple steps.
Lets have a look at these steps below.
I. Steps involved in creating Container
1. Code our Application
2. Dockerfile Creation
3. Build Container
4. Register our Container
5. Deploy and Run our Container
Here we will see the usage of Cloud Shell for this.
II. Understanding Basics
Lets understand few concepts involved in GCP below.
a. DockerFile – A file contains a set of commands to build the container automatically.
b. Cloud Shell – Its a lightweight VM preinstalled with utilities like docker, gcloud, etc.
c. Container Image – Image file of docker container containing the executable application code.
d. Registering Container – Saving container images on central online repository.
e. Cloud Deploy and Run – Completely GCP managed service to deploy and run our container online.
III. Activate Cloud Shell
We can activate cloud shell by clicking on below icon at top right corner below.
As soon as you click this, the shell will be activated and below screen is visible.
IV. Code our Application
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~ (second-abacus-334712)$ pwd
/home/saketalwar2
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~ (second-abacus-334712)$ mkdir ngelinux_gcp_docker
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~ (second-abacus-334712)$ ls
ngelinux_gcp_docker README-cloudshell.txt
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~ (second-abacus-334712)$ cd ngelinux_gcp_docker
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ cat container1.py
import os
from flask import Flask
app=Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def gcp_ngelinux():
target = os.environ.get('TARGET', 'WELCOME TO NGELINUX')
return format(target)
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(debug=True,host='0.0.0.0',port=int(os.environ.get('PORT',8080)))
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$
Flask is the web interface that provides features to run this application on browser.
V. Creating DockerFile
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ cat dockerfile FROM python:3.7-slim ENV CONT_HOME /app WORKDIR $CONT_HOME COPY . ./ RUN pip install Flask gunicorn CMD exec gunicorn --bind :$PORT --workers 1 --threads 8 --timeout 0 app:app saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$
VI. Make files executable.
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ ls -ltr total 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 saketalwar2 saketalwar2 277 Dec 29 15:47 container1.py -rw-r--r-- 1 saketalwar2 saketalwar2 180 Dec 29 16:08 dockerfile ### Make the files executable saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ chmod +x * saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ ls -ltr total 8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 saketalwar2 saketalwar2 277 Dec 29 15:47 container1.py -rwxr-xr-x 1 saketalwar2 saketalwar2 180 Dec 29 16:08 dockerfile saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$
VII. Building Container Image
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/second-abacus-334712/gcp_ngelinux
ERROR: (gcloud.builds.submit) Invalid value for [source]: Dockerfile required when specifying --tag
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ mv dockerfile Dockerfile
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/second-abacus-334712/gcp_ngelinux
ERROR: (gcloud.builds.submit) You do not currently have an active account selected.
Please run:
$ gcloud auth login
to obtain new credentials.
If you have already logged in with a different account:
$ gcloud config set account ACCOUNT
to select an already authenticated account to use.
#### We need to authorize GCP for this. I have a GUI prompt appeared so i authorized in that.
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/second-abacus-334712/gcp_ngelinux
Creating temporary tarball archive of 3 file(s) totalling 12.4 KiB before compression.
Uploading tarball of [.] to [gs://second-abacus-334712_cloudbuild/source/1640794813.234216-2ad2b16c74484386a66caaa151440067.tgz]
API [cloudbuild.googleapis.com] not enabled on project [601986027583]. Would you like to enable and retry (this will take a few minutes)? (y/N)? y
Enabling service [cloudbuild.googleapis.com] on project [601986027583]...
Operation "operations/acf.p2-601986027583-cce8fe3d-5d8e-4e8d-8abd-bfae09738c56" finished successfully.
Created [https://cloudbuild.googleapis.com/v1/projects/second-abacus-334712/locations/global/builds/6d6d5f04-30b6-4ae4-a508-d80bf22369f2].
Logs are available at [https://console.cloud.google.com/cloud-build/builds/6d6d5f04-30b6-4ae4-a508-d80bf22369f2?project=601986027583].
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BUILD
Already have image (with digest): gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker
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Step 2/6 : ENV CONT_HOME /app
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Step 5/6 : RUN pip install Flask gunicorn
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Installing collected packages: zipp, typing-extensions, MarkupSafe, importlib-metadata, Werkzeug, Jinja2, itsdangerous, click, gunicorn, Flask
Successfully installed Flask-2.0.2 Jinja2-3.0.3 MarkupSafe-2.0.1 Werkzeug-2.0.2 click-8.0.3 gunicorn-20.1.0 importlib-metadata-4.10.0 itsdangerous-2.0.1 typing-extensions-4.0.1 zipp-3.6.0
WARNING: Running pip as the 'root' user can result in broken permissions and conflicting behaviour with the system package manager. It is recommended to use a virtual environment instead: https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/venv
WARNING: You are using pip version 21.2.4; however, version 21.3.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the '/usr/local/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
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Step 6/6 : CMD exec gunicorn --bind :$PORT --workers 1 --threads 8 --timeout 0 app:app
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ID: 6d6d5f04-30b6-4ae4-a508-d80bf22369f2
CREATE_TIME: 2021-12-29T16:20:34+00:00
DURATION: 25S
SOURCE: gs://second-abacus-334712_cloudbuild/source/1640794813.234216-2ad2b16c74484386a66caaa151440067.tgz
IMAGES: gcr.io/second-abacus-334712/gcp_ngelinux (+1 more)
STATUS: SUCCESS
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$
VIII. Verify the gs i.e. Google Cloud Storage if new bucket is created and new app is created there.
Here you can see the new bucket is created.
IX. Now deploy and run our new Application tar file created.
saketalwar2@cloudshell:~ (second-abacus-334712)$ cd ngelinux_gcp_docker/ saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ ls -ltr total 8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 saketalwar2 saketalwar2 277 Dec 29 15:47 container1.py -rwxr-xr-x 1 saketalwar2 saketalwar2 180 Dec 29 16:08 Dockerfile saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$ gcloud run deploy --image gcr.io/second-abacus-334712/gcp_ngelinux Service name (gcpngelinux): Please specify a region: [1] asia-east1 [2] asia-east2 [3] asia-northeast1 [4] asia-northeast2 [5] asia-northeast3 [6] asia-south1 [7] asia-south2 [8] asia-southeast1 [9] asia-southeast2 [10] australia-southeast1 [11] australia-southeast2 [12] europe-central2 [13] europe-north1 [14] europe-west1 [15] europe-west2 [16] europe-west3 [17] europe-west4 [18] europe-west6 [19] northamerica-northeast1 [20] northamerica-northeast2 [21] southamerica-east1 [22] southamerica-west1 [23] us-central1 [24] us-east1 [25] us-east4 [26] us-west1 [27] us-west2 [28] us-west3 [29] us-west4 [30] cancel Please enter your numeric choice: 1 To make this the default region, run `gcloud config set run/region asia-east1`. Allow unauthenticated invocations to [gcpngelinux] (y/N)? y Deploying container to Cloud Run service [gcpngelinux] in project [second-abacus-334712] region [asia-east1] OK Deploying new service... Done. OK Creating Revision... Initializing project for the current region. OK Routing traffic... OK Setting IAM Policy... Done. Service [gcpngelinux] revision [gcpngelinux-00001-xaq] has been deployed and is serving 100 percent of traffic. Service URL: https://gcpngelinux-2n2cfvtw3q-de.a.run.app saketalwar2@cloudshell:~/ngelinux_gcp_docker (second-abacus-334712)$
X. Now you can visit the above URL for our application to see its running.
https://gcpngelinux-2n2cfvtw3q-de.a.run.app/