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[beckerlemedia]

I want to use Google Cloud to host a small community forum site, but I'm stuck on what type of instance to use. 

It's a new, small site, so I'm sure I won't need a ton of space, but do want to futureproof somewhat if there's a run of users. 

Any help is appreciated!

[DamianS]

Hello @beckerlemedia  ,Welcome on Google Cloud Community.

Depends how your forum is written, you could utilize App Engine , Cloud Run or Managed Instance Groups with autoscaling and Load Balancer. AppEngine and Cloud Run  would be best (especially Cloud Run)  if you can't predict load and you are care about costs. MIGs ( managed instance groups) will be the fastest way ( 1 instance, with autoscaling based either on web traffic or CPU usage ) with the possibility to scale if needed ( this option will be slightly more expensive that Cloud Run). 

With AppEngine or Cloud Run you don't care about infra. With MIGs, you have full responsibility about OS patching, security patching disk allocations and so on.

AppEngine vs Cloud Run comparison : https://cloud.google.com/appengine/migration-center/run/compare-gae-with-run

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cheers,
DamianS
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[DamianS]

Depends how your forum is written, you could utilize App Engine , Cloud Run or Managed Instance Groups with autoscaling and Load Balancer. AppEngine and Cloud Run  would be best (especially Cloud Run)  if you can't predict load and you are care about costs. MIGs ( managed instance groups) will be the fastest way ( 1 instance, with autoscaling based either on web traffic or CPU usage ) with the possibility to scale if needed ( this option will be slightly more expensive that Cloud Run). 

With AppEngine or Cloud Run you don't care about infra. With MIGs, you have full responsibility about OS patching, security patching disk allocations and so on.

AppEngine vs Cloud Run comparison : https://cloud.google.com/appengine/migration-center/run/compare-gae-with-run

--
cheers,
DamianS
LinkedIn medium.com Cloudskillsboost

[beckerlemedia]

Thanks. We went with a virtual machine. E2 instance.

[DamianS · Accepted solution]

Great. It will be the fastest way, however without possibility to autoscale if needed. But, you can create VM, and if needed, transform it into MIG + LB and you have good setup for handling bigger traffic.