google.appengine.tools.devappserver2.errors.InvalidAppConfigError

Question

Getting below error after runnnig command "dev_appserver.py C:\Newfolder"

google.appengine.tools.devappserver2.errors.InvalidAppConfigError: In env: flex, only the following runtimes are allowed: ('python-compat', 'java', 'java7', 'go', 'custom')

I have installed php version 8.0.6 , and i'm trying to run a sample php application on localhost using google app engine's sdk.

my app.yaml looks like this: runtime: php8 env: flex

runtime_config: document_root: Newfolder

I tried putting runtime as custom , php72, php55 and even php80(since my php version is 8.0.6) but still am getting the same error

referring this link https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/php/tools/using-local-server

Answer 1

If you want to use php in flex environment your app.yaml needs to look something similar to this:

 
runtime: php
env: flex

runtime_config:
  document_root: web

manual_scaling:
  instances: 1
resources:
  cpu: 1
  memory_gb: 0.5
  disk_size_gb: 10

The php version that app engine flex will use is the default PHP 7.3, but if you want to use another version you can specify it in the composer.json as this link says