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Simple, Secure, and Scalable GCP Deployments from Docker Compose
Turn your Docker Compose file into a full GCP deployment using a single command. Defang handles compute, storage, networking, security, and auto-scaling.
Introducing Our New Whitepaper: Simple, Secure, and Scalable GCP Deployments from Docker Compose
We’re excited to share our latest whitepaper, Defang + GCP: Simple, Secure, and Scalable Deployments from Docker Compose.
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Deploying to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) doesn’t have to be complicated. Docker Compose made defining local apps simple, and Defang makes cloud deployments just as easy.
With Defang, you can:
- Deploy to GCP with a single command. Go from Compose to Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, and more with just
defang compose up --provider=gcp. - Skip the DevOps overhead. No need for Terraform, Pulumi, or custom scripts. Defang maps your Compose services to the right GCP resources — compute, storage, networking, and even managed LLMs.
- Enjoy built-in security and scalability. Defang automates GCP best practices, handling service accounts, secret management, HTTPS, auto-scaling, and more.
- Integrate with your workflow. Deploy from your terminal, GitHub Actions, or even natural language prompts in VS Code, Cursor, or Windsurf.
- Save costs and avoid surprises. Choose from affordable, balanced, or high-availability modes with built-in cost estimation coming soon.
Our whitepaper walks through how Defang integrates with GCP, including how it:
✅ Builds your containers using Cloud Build ✅ Manages secure deployments via Cloud Run and managed services ✅ Supports custom domains, advanced networking, GPUs, LLMs, and more ✅ Powers CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Pulumi
It also highlights how Defang itself deploys real apps like our Ask Defang chatbot using less than 100 lines of Compose on GCP. Want to simplify your GCP deployments? Start with Compose, scale with Defang.
Read the full whitepaper.
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