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Absolutely not. You can use Cloud Datastore, or you can connect to any database that can communicate over sockets or http, including Cloud SQL. Of note is that
by jonwayne 11y ago
Absolutely not. You can use Cloud Datastore, or you can connect to any database that can communicate over sockets or http, including Cloud SQL. Of note is that Datastore has a free tier, Cloud SQL does not, and Socket usage can incur (some) cost when communicating with other databases.
I've seen many Python apps that connect to a free MongoDB instance hosted on Mongolab.
(also worth noting that Node.js support for App Engine is currently in beta.)
(disclaimer: I work for Google on Cloud Platform)
- pickle27 11y agocool I didn't know that - thanks for the info!
- jay_kyburz 11y agoOh, do you mean as a managed VM?
- jonwayne 11y agoYes.
- jay_kyburz 11y ago> also worth noting that Node.js support for App Engine is currently in beta. Is this public? I have been waiting to hear this for ages! Great News. I am planning a switch to node simply so I can run the same code on the front and back end. I was not looking forward to learning how to administer a server.
- jonwayne 11y agoCheck out https://cloud.google.com/nodejs https://cloud.google.com/nodejs