My journey began by setting up a Google App Engine where I deployed both the API and the frontend on my custom domain, which I referred to as mysite.ms. The API was written in nodejs with Express, while the frontend was a React application. To achieve this, I utilized the following configuration in my app.yml:
runtime: nodejs
env: flex
manual_scaling:
instances: 1
resources:
cpu: .5
memory_gb: 0.5
disk_size_gb: 10
handlers:
- url: /
static_files: www/build/index.html
upload: www/build/index.html
- url: /
static_dir: www/build
Now, my objective is to separate these elements. Specifically, I aim to deploy only the React application on the mysite.ms domain and host the API on a subdomain called sub.mysite.ms. To accomplish this, I added a new DNS of type
CNAME</code for the subdomain, targeting the original domain <code>mysite.msIs it feasible to achieve these distinct deployments using solely Google App Engine and a single app.yml file, or will I require additional tools and file separation?
How do you recommend I proceed? Since I have not found clear guidance online, could you offer some tips to help me navigate through these challenges?
UPDATE
Upon reviewing the documentation provided, certain doubts arose. Primarily, I am unsure how to create different services. Initially, my attempt involved creating a (potentially erroneous) dispatch.yml as follows:
dispatch:
- url: "mysite.ms/*"
service: default
- url: "sub.mysite.ms/*"
service: api
However, upon deploying with the command gcloud app deploy dispatch.yaml, an error was encountered due to the module 'api' not being found. In the previous version, my server.js contained the following code to manage the React part:
app.use(express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, 'www', 'build')));
app.get('*', (req, res) => { res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, 'www', 'build', 'index.html')); });
Should I retain these lines of code even after segregating the frontend and the API onto different domains?
Do I need to add 'sub.mysite.ms' to the custom domain section within Google App Engine?
Is it necessary to maintain the
app.ymlfile alongside thedispath.yaml?