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App Engine Standard Environment (Java) Documentation

Guides

• App Engine standard environment

• Standard environment overview

• Discover Java standard environment runtimes

• Overview - Upgrade an existing app - Migrate from the first-generation to the second-generation runtimes

• Get started

• Set up your environment

• Set up your development environment - Set up optional tools

  • Apache Maven
    • Using Maven and the App Engine plugin
    • Maven Plugin goals and parameters
  • Gradle
    • Use the App Engine plugin

• Set up your Cloud project

• Grant access

• Set up access control - View roles that grant access to App Engine - Configure service accounts

• Design your app

• Structure web services - Handle requests - Route requests

• Define configuration files

• Java

  • Define runtime settings
  • Specify dependencies

• Test and deploy your app

• Test on the local development server

• Using the local development server - Command options

• Configure your app

• Set up networking

• Map custom domains - Secure custom domains with SSL - Virtual private cloud (VPC)

  • Connect to a VPC network

• Store data and files

• Use Cloud Firestore in Datastore mode

• Use Cloud Storage (cloud file hosting)

• Cache data with Memorystore

• Create triggers

• Write and respond to Pub/Sub messages

• Secure your app

• Authenticate users

• Operate and maintain

• Manage instances

• Manage your app's traffic

• Split traffic

• Schedule cron jobs

• Automate tasks

• Monitor, log, and debug

• Write and view logs

• Monitor and alerts latency

• Access legacy bundled services

• Java 17+

• Available APIs

• Overview - Blobstore - Datastore

  • Client library concepts
    • Entity, properties and keys
    • Indexes
    • Queries
    • Query cursors
    • Query data consistency
    • Query restrictions
    • Retrieving query results
    • Structuring data for strong consistency
    • Transactions
  • Configuring Datastore indexes

• Mail

  • Mail API Overview
  • Bulk mail guidelines
  • Sending mail
  • Receiving mail
  • Receiving bounce notification

• Memcache

  • Memcache Overview
  • Using Memcache
  • Memcache Examples

• Namespaces API

  • Namespaces API Overview
  • Multitenancy with Namespaces

• Task Queues

  • Task Queue Overview
  • Using Push Queues
    • Using Push Queues
    • Creating Push Queues
    • Creating Push Tasks
    • Creating Task Handlers
    • Deleting Tasks and Queues
  • Using Pull Queues
    • Using Pull Queues
    • Creating Pull Queues
    • Creating Pull Tasks
    • Leasing Pull Tasks

Reference

• Configuration files
• app.yaml
• appengine-web.xml
• cron.yaml
• dispatch.yaml
• index.yaml
• queue.yaml
• web.xml

Resources

• Standard environment
• All resources
• Pricing and quotas
• Quotas and limits
• Locations
• Runtime lifecycle
• Runtime lifecycle - Support schedule

Additional Resources

• Local unit testing
• Migrating from Mail to SMTP
• Migrate from Appcfg to gcloud
• Task Queue Push Example
• Structuring for strong consistency (legacy)