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The following are the instructions to deploy the angular-fullstack app to Google Cloud App Engine Standard Environment

Prequsites

1. Google Cloud SDK

Download and install [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/)

2. Create GCP Project

gcloud projects create PROJECT_ID

3. Enable Billing

gcloud alpha billing projects link my-project \ 
    --billing-account 0X0X0X-0X0X0X-0X0X0X

4. Create a MongoDB database

Create a MongoDB instance and obtain the uri and credentials

Deployment Setup

1. Set Node / NPM versions

GCloud App Engine supports only the newest version of Node.js 8
   "engines": {
   "node": "  =8.0",
   "npm": "^5.1.1"
 },

2. Create Application configuration file (app.yaml)

A Node.js app in App Engine is configured through a file named app.yaml, that contains runtime, handlers, 
scaling, and other general settings including environment variables.

2.1 create a 'app.yaml' file with the following contents
   env: standard 

   runtime: nodejs8

   env_variables:
     MONGODB_URI:  "mongodb://<dbuser  :<dbpassword  @<environment_URI/deployment_name"
   
2.2 Add app.yaml to .gitignore

Deployment Steps

1. Build the app

  gulp build

2. Copy app.yaml to dist

  copy app.yaml dist

3. Change to build directory

  cd dist

4. Deploy

  gcloud app deploy