Overview [1]#
Google App Engine is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering in Google Cloud Platform| Feature | Standard | Flexible |
|---|---|---|
| Instance Starup Time | milliseconds | Minutes |
| Max request timeout | 60 seconds | 60 minutes |
| background Threads | Yes-Restricted | Yes |
| Background Processes | No | Yes |
| SSH Debug | No | Yes |
| Scaling | Manual\Basic\Automatic | Manual\Automatic |
| Writing to Local Disk | No | Yes but ephemeral disks |
| Customize Serving Stack | No | Yes (Docker file) |
| Security Patching | Yes | Yes |
| Network Access | Only App Engine Services | Yes |
| Third-party Binaries | No | Yes |
Category#
Google Cloud PlatformMore Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- Book
- GCP Compute Products
- Google App Engine
- Google Cloud DataStore
- Google Container Engine
- OAuth and OIDC Adoption
- [#1] - - based on information obtained 2017-08-16-