Cloud Run Deployment Skill

Metadata (Tier 1)

Keywords: cloud run, deploy, gcloud run, scaling, concurrency, health check, traffic split, blue-green, canary, revision

File Patterns: service.yaml, cloudrun.yaml, *-deployment.sh

Modes: cloud_run_dev, deployment

Activation: When user mentions Cloud Run deployment, service configuration, or traffic management.

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Instructions (Tier 2)

Core Deployment Patterns

1. Basic Deployment

gcloud run deploy SERVICE \
  --image=IMAGE_URL \
  --region=REGION \
  --service-account=SA_EMAIL \
  --no-allow-unauthenticated

2. Blue-Green Deployment

Deploy new revision without traffic, validate, then switch:

# Deploy with --no-traffic
gcloud run deploy SERVICE --image=NEW_IMAGE --no-traffic --tag=blue

# Validate health check
curl -f https://blue---SERVICE-xxx.run.app/health

# Shift traffic
gcloud run services update-traffic SERVICE --to-tags=blue=100

3. Canary Deployment

Gradual traffic shift:

# Deploy canary
gcloud run deploy SERVICE --image=NEW_IMAGE --no-traffic --tag=canary

# 10% traffic
gcloud run services update-traffic SERVICE \
  --to-revisions=CANARY_REV=10,LATEST=90

# Monitor, then increase to 50%, 100%

Scaling Configuration

• min-instances: Set >0 for latency-sensitive (eliminates cold starts)
• max-instances: Limit to control costs
• concurrency: Default 80, tune based on workload (lower for CPU-intensive, higher for I/O)

gcloud run deploy SERVICE \
  --min-instances=2 \
  --max-instances=50 \
  --concurrency=80

Health Checks (MANDATORY)

Use service.yaml for startup and liveness probes:

spec:
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
      - startupProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 8080
          initialDelaySeconds: 10
          periodSeconds: 5
          failureThreshold: 3
        livenessProbe:
          httpGet:
            path: /health
            port: 8080
          periodSeconds: 10

Traffic Management

• --to-latest: Send 100% to latest revision
• --to-tags=TAG=PERCENT: Tag-based routing
• --to-revisions=REV1=50,REV2=50: Revision-based split

Instant Rollback

PREVIOUS=$(gcloud run revisions list --service=SERVICE --limit=2 --format='value(metadata.name)' | tail -n 1)
gcloud run services update-traffic SERVICE --to-revisions=$PREVIOUS=100

Anti-Patterns

• No health checks
• Direct to 100% traffic for critical services
• Using --allow-unauthenticated by default
• Ignoring startup probe failures