Quickstart: Build and deploy a Ruby web app to Cloud Run
Learn how to use a single command to build and deploya "Hello World" web application from a code sample to Google Cloudusing Cloud Run.
By following the steps in this quickstart, Cloud Run automaticallybuilds a Dockerfile for you when youdeploy from source code.
Before you begin
- Sign in to your Google Cloud account. If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.
Install the Google Cloud CLI.
Note: If you installed the gcloud CLI previously, make sure you have the latest version by runninggcloud components update.If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
Toinitialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:
gcloudinit
Create or select a Google Cloud project.
Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.Roles required to select or create a project
- Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
- Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator role (
roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains theresourcemanager.projects.createpermission.Learn how to grant roles.
Create a Google Cloud project:
gcloud projects createPROJECT_ID
Replace
PROJECT_IDwith a name for the Google Cloud project you are creating.Select the Google Cloud project that you created:
gcloud config set projectPROJECT_ID
Replace
PROJECT_IDwith your Google Cloud project name.
If you're using an existing project for this guide,verify that you have the permissions required to complete this guide. If you created a new project, then you already have the required permissions.
Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.
Install the Google Cloud CLI.
Note: If you installed the gcloud CLI previously, make sure you have the latest version by runninggcloud components update.If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
Toinitialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:
gcloudinit
Create or select a Google Cloud project.
Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.Roles required to select or create a project
- Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
- Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator role (
roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains theresourcemanager.projects.createpermission.Learn how to grant roles.
Create a Google Cloud project:
gcloud projects createPROJECT_ID
Replace
PROJECT_IDwith a name for the Google Cloud project you are creating.Select the Google Cloud project that you created:
gcloud config set projectPROJECT_ID
Replace
PROJECT_IDwith your Google Cloud project name.
If you're using an existing project for this guide,verify that you have the permissions required to complete this guide. If you created a new project, then you already have the required permissions.
Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.
- To set the default project for your Cloud Run service:
ReplacePROJECT_ID with your Google Cloud project ID.gcloudconfigsetprojectPROJECT_ID If you are under a domain restriction organization policyrestricting unauthenticated invocations for your project, you will need to access your deployed service as described underTesting private services.
Enable the Cloud Run Admin API and Cloud Build APIs:
Roles required to enable APIs
To enable APIs, you need the Service Usage Admin IAM role (
roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageAdmin), which contains theserviceusage.services.enablepermission.Learn how to grant roles.gcloudservicesenablerun.googleapis.com
cloudbuild.googleapis.com After the Cloud Run Admin API is enabled, the Compute Engine default service account is automatically created.
- ReviewCloud Run pricing or estimate costswith thepricing calculator.
Required roles
To get the permissions that you need to complete this quickstart, ask your administrator to grant you the following IAM roles:
- Cloud Run Source Developer (
roles/run.sourceDeveloper) on the project - Service Account User (
roles/iam.serviceAccountUser) on the service identity - Logs Viewer (
roles/logging.viewer) on the project
For more information about granting roles, seeManage access to projects, folders, and organizations.
You might also be able to get the required permissions throughcustom roles or otherpredefined roles.
Grant the Cloud Build service account access to your project
Cloud Build automatically uses theCompute Engine defaultservice account as the defaultCloud Build service account to build your source code andCloud Run resource, unless you override this behavior.
For Cloud Build to build your sources, grant the Cloud Build serviceaccount theCloud RunBuilder(roles/run.builder) role on your project:
gcloudprojectsadd-iam-policy-bindingPROJECT_ID\--member=serviceAccount:SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL_ADDRESS\--role=roles/run.builder
ReplacePROJECT_ID with your Google Cloudproject ID andSERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL_ADDRESS with theemail address of the Cloud Build service account. If you're using theCompute Engine default service account as the Cloud Build service account, thenuse the following format for the service account email address:
PROJECT_NUMBER-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com
ReplacePROJECT_NUMBER with your Google Cloudproject number.
For detailed instructions on how to find your project ID, and project number,seeCreatingand managing projects.
Granting the Cloud Run builder role takes a couple of minutes topropagate.
Write the sample application
To write a Ruby application:
Create a new directory named
helloworldand change directory intoit:mkdirhelloworldcdhelloworldCreate a file named
app.rband paste the following code into it:require"sinatra"set:bind,"0.0.0.0"port=ENV["PORT"]||"8080"set:port,portget"/"doname=ENV["NAME"]||"World""Hello#{name}!"endThis code creates a basic web server that listens on the port defined bythe
PORTenvironment variable.Create a file name
Gemfileand copy the following into it:source"https://rubygems.org"gem"sinatra","~>3.1"gem"thin"group:testdogem"rack-test"gem"rest-client"gem"rspec"gem"rspec_junit_formatter"gem"rspec-retry"gem"rubysl-securerandom"endgem"puma","~> 6.6"gem"rackup","~> 1.0"If you don't have Bundler 2.0 or greater installed,install Bundler.
Generate a
Gemfile.lockfile by running:bundle installCreate a new file named
Dockerfilein the same directory as the sourcefiles:# Use the official Ruby image.# https://hub.docker.com/_/rubyFROMruby:3.4# Install production dependencies.WORKDIR/usr/src/appCOPYGemfileGemfile.lock./ENVBUNDLE_FROZEN=trueRUNgeminstallbundler &&bundleconfigset--localwithout'test'# Copy local code to the container image.COPY../RUNbundleinstall# Run the web service on container startup.CMD["ruby","./app.rb"]Add a
.dockerignorefile to exclude files from your container image.DockerfileREADME.md.ruby-version.bundle/vendor/
Your app is finished and ready to be deployed.
Deploy to Cloud Run from source
Deploy from source automatically builds a container image from source codeand deploys it.
To deploy from source:
In your source code directory, deploy the current folder using thefollowing command:
gcloudrundeploy--source.
When you are prompted for the service name, press Enter to accept thedefault name, for example
helloworld.If you are prompted to enable additional APIs on the project,for example, the Artifact Registry API, respond by pressing
y.When you are prompted for region: select theregionof your choice, for example
europe-west1.If you are prompted to create a repository in the specified region, respond by pressing
y.If you are prompted toallow public access:respond
y. You might not see this prompt if there is a domainrestriction organization policy that prevents it; for more details see theBefore you begin section.
Then wait a few moments until the deployment is complete. On success, thecommand line displays the service URL.
Visit your deployed service by opening the service URL in a web browser.
Cloud Run locations
Cloud Run is regional, which means the infrastructure thatruns your Cloud Run services is located in a specific region and ismanaged by Google to be redundantly available acrossall the zones within that region.
Meeting your latency, availability, or durability requirements are primaryfactors for selecting the region where your Cloud Run services are run.You can generally select the region nearest to your users but you should considerthe location of theother Google Cloudproducts that are used by your Cloud Run service.Using Google Cloud products together across multiple locations can affectyour service's latency as well as cost.
Cloud Run is available in the following regions:
Subject toTier 1 pricing
asia-east1(Taiwan)asia-northeast1(Tokyo)asia-northeast2(Osaka)asia-south1(Mumbai, India)europe-north1(Finland)Low CO2
europe-north2(Stockholm)Low CO2
europe-southwest1(Madrid)Low CO2
europe-west1(Belgium)Low CO2
europe-west4(Netherlands)Low CO2
europe-west8(Milan)europe-west9(Paris)Low CO2
me-west1(Tel Aviv)northamerica-south1(Mexico)us-central1(Iowa)Low CO2
us-east1(South Carolina)us-east4(Northern Virginia)us-east5(Columbus)us-south1(Dallas)Low CO2
us-west1(Oregon)Low CO2
Subject toTier 2 pricing
africa-south1(Johannesburg)asia-east2(Hong Kong)asia-northeast3(Seoul, South Korea)asia-southeast1(Singapore)asia-southeast2(Jakarta)asia-south2(Delhi, India)australia-southeast1(Sydney)australia-southeast2(Melbourne)europe-central2(Warsaw, Poland)europe-west10(Berlin)europe-west12(Turin)europe-west2(London, UK)Low CO2
europe-west3(Frankfurt, Germany)europe-west6(Zurich, Switzerland)Low CO2
me-central1(Doha)me-central2(Dammam)northamerica-northeast1(Montreal)Low CO2
northamerica-northeast2(Toronto)Low CO2
southamerica-east1(Sao Paulo, Brazil)Low CO2
southamerica-west1(Santiago, Chile)Low CO2
us-west2(Los Angeles)us-west3(Salt Lake City)us-west4(Las Vegas)
If you already created a Cloud Run service, you can view theregion in the Cloud Run dashboard in theGoogle Cloud console.
Clean up
To avoid additional charges to your Google Cloud account, delete all the resourcesyou deployed with this quickstart.
Delete your repository
Cloud Run doesn't charge you when your deployed service isn't in use.However, you might still becharged for storing the container image inArtifact Registry. To delete Artifact Registry repositories,follow the steps inDeleterepositories in the Artifact Registrydocumentation.
Delete your service
Cloud Run services don't incur costs until they receive requests.To delete your Cloud Run service, follow one of these steps:
Console
To delete a service:
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud RunServices page:
Locate the service you want to delete in the services list, and clickits checkbox to select it.
ClickDelete. This deletes all revisions of the service.
gcloud
To delete a service, run the following command:
gcloud run services deleteSERVICE --regionREGION
Replace the following:
- SERVICE: name of your service.
- REGION: Google Cloud region of the service.
Delete your test project
Deleting your Google Cloud project stops billing for all resources in thatproject. To release all Google Cloud resources in your project, follow these steps:
What's next
For more information on building a container from code source and pushing toa repository, see:
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Last updated 2025-12-15 UTC.