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Deploying and Managing an App Engine Solution in Google Cloud

Your team wants you to use a python application to deploy through Google Cloud App Engine. From there, they would like for you to deliver two different versions to the end-users to establish a Blue/Green test.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 01, 2025

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  1. Challenge

    Deploy the App Engine Service

    First, use the Cloud Shell to create a new standard environment App Engine instance in the us-east1 region. Then, add the App Engine Standard Environment Service Agent and Storage Admin roles to the App Engine default service agent principal. Next, retrieve the working files from the GitHub repo and deploy the application.

  2. Challenge

    Create 2 Versions of the Application

    Update the main.py file to modify the output and then deploy the second version of the app. Split the traffic between the two versions 50-50. Test each version.

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