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Shaun
Shaun

Reputation: 1601

Ubuntu on Managed VMs using custom runtime

Is it possible to deploy a managed vm with Ubuntu instead of Debian? I tried using:

FROM ubuntu:latest

at the top of the Dockerfile, but when it deploys and I ssh into from the compute engine console I still see Debian. I am know I am doing something wrong, my app.yaml file has what I think are the correct lines:

runtime: custom
api_version: 1
threadsafe: true
vm: true

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 52

Answers (1)

Andreas Veithen
Andreas Veithen

Reputation: 9164

The image you specify using FROM determines the Linux distribution that is used inside the Docker container running in the Managed VM. The VM itself may use a different distribution, and when you SSH from the console, you end up in the VM, not the Docker container.

To enter the container, execute the following command in the VM (sudo docker ps will give you the <container-id>):

sudo docker exec <container-id> -it bash

Upvotes: 1

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