I wanted to run Google's gcloud tool in a container. In addition to wanting to use gcloud in some CI/CD scripts, it's a rather large package and is updated quite frequently. Rather than run it locally on a development box, let's move execution into a container.
Google provides gcloud …
Google's App Engine Flexiblie Environment supports "custom runtimes" which means you can push a Docker container to provide the web application that will be served (rather than using Google's proprietary app engine interface).
Why App Engine versus running the Docker container directly in Google's Compute Engine or Google's Kubernetes Engine …
I'm a proud parent raising kids in an Internet-connected age. And I've spoken with many parents also trying to do the same. And while there is so much good stuff out there on the Internet, there is also so much bad stuff... And we don't want them accidentally stumbling on …