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Last active October 16, 2023 06:22
Accessing a rails console in Google App Engine (flexible)

If you're running a Rails app in Google App Engine's flexible environment, it takes a bit of setup to get to a rails console attached to your deployed environment. I wanted to document the steps for my own reference and also as an aid to others.

  1. Open the Google App Engine -> instances section of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) console.

  2. Select the "SSH" drop-down for a running instance. (Which instance? Both of my instances are in the same cluster, and both are running Rails, so it didn't matter for me. YMMV.) You have a choice about how to connect via ssh.

    1. Choose "Open in browser window" to open a web-based SSH session, which is convenient but potentially awkward.

    2. Choose "View gcloud command" to view and copy a gcloud command that you can use from a terminal, which lets you use your favorite terminal app but may require the extra steps of installing the gcloud command and authenticating the gcloud command with GCP.