Migrating from AppCfg to gcloud Command Line
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AppCfg was a utility command that was included in the App Engine
SDK.
To help you replace your use of AppCfg commands with gcloud commands
from the gcloud CLI, see the following table:
appcfg command |
gcloud command line |
|---|---|
download_app |
No longer supported. Use gcloud app versions describe and curl for each of the files listed. |
request_logs |
gcloud app logs read or view and route logs with the Logs Explorer |
rollback |
No longer supported or necessary |
start_module_version |
gcloud app versions start |
stop_module_version |
gcloud app versions stop |
update |
For Python and PHP apps:gcloud app deploy
For Java 8 apps, build the app first. Then deploy with: For Java 11 apps, you can deploy the source code to the Java 11 runtime
without building locally: To deploy a Java fatjar to the Java 11 runtime: You can also use the gcloud CLI-based Maven or Gradle plugins to build and deploy Java 8 and Java 11 apps. |
update_indexes |
gcloud app deploy indexes.yamlor gcloud datastore indexes create |
update_cron |
gcloud app deploy cron.yaml |
update_dispatch |
gcloud app deploy dispatch.yaml |
update_dos |
gcloud app deploy dos.yaml |
update_queues |
gcloud app deploy queues.yaml |
vacuum_indexes |
gcloud datastore indexes cleanup |
version |
gcloud app versions describe |
set_default_version |
gcloud app services set-traffic |
cron_info |
View the Google Cloud console Cron jobs page. |
resource_limits_info |
View the Google Cloud console Quotas page. |
backends commands |
No longer supported. The Backends service is shut down. |
list_versions |
gcloud app versions list |
delete_version |
gcloud app versions delete |
migrate_trafficOnly supports 100% migration. |
gcloud app services set-traffic |
If you need help translating the XML files to equivalent YAML files, you can use:
gcloud beta app migrate-config cron-xml-to-yaml MY-CRON-XML-FILE.xml
gcloud beta app migrate-config datastore-indexes-xml-to-yaml MY-INDEX-XML-FILE.xml
gcloud beta app migrate-config dispatch-xml-to-yaml MY-DISPATCH-XML-FILE.xml
gcloud beta app migrate-config queue-xml-to-yaml MY-QUEUE-XML-FILE.xml