# Understanding the Dockerfile for using Rasa on Google Cloud Platform

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/understanding-the-dockerfile-for-using-rasa-on-google-cloud-platform/23647>\
**Category:** Getting Started with Rasa\
**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/understanding-the-dockerfile-for-using-rasa-on-google-cloud-platform/23647 "2020-01-17T13:28:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jmg007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@Jmg007](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Jmg007)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/understanding-the-dockerfile-for-using-rasa-on-google-cloud-platform/23647/1 "2020-01-17T13:28:56Z")

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Hi,

I think a few people have posted similar questions just couldn’t find a great answer. I’m using google cloud platform and i think i’m right that running “gcloud app deploy” from the cloud shell sdk on my local machine basically creates a docker image in App Engine. My question is what needs to go into the Dockerfile. On my machine I’m training the models then running rasa actions and then also running the models.

If anyone has any Dockerfile advice for App Engine’s flexible enviroment that’d be great.

Thx

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**Author:** ![stephens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/stephens/32/1632_2.png) [@stephens](https://forum.rasa.com/u/stephens)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/understanding-the-dockerfile-for-using-rasa-on-google-cloud-platform/23647/2 "2020-01-20T17:57:48Z")

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There’s an old Rasa local install I created for a simple single container install that is not fully supported. You can find that on GitHub [here](https://github.com/rgstephens/rasax-appengine).

You should take a look at using [GKE](https://cloud.google.com/solutions/using-kubernetes-engine-to-deploy-apps-with-regional-persistent-disks#install_and_initialize_helm_to_install_the_chart_package) with the [helm charts](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa-x/installation-and-setup/openshift-kubernetes/#deploying-with-helm)