Deploy Node app to GCR without Docker?

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  • buildpacks

    Builders and buildpacks designed to run on Google Cloud's container platforms

  • Under the covers this uses Google Buildpacks to create a container image from your app: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/buildpacks

  • pack

    CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

  • Cloud Build builds the container image on either Container Registry (older) or Artifact Registry (newer). You can specify how Artifact Registry builds this container image. It could be with a Dockerfile, or directly from source code if you tell Artifact Registry to use pack, or it could even use something called kaniko (I never used it). Instead, if you'd rather build the container image on your computer, you could use whatever tool you want, as long as it produces an OCI-compliant container image.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • distribution-spec

    OCI Distribution Specification

  • Cloud Build builds the container image on either Container Registry (older) or Artifact Registry (newer). You can specify how Artifact Registry builds this container image. It could be with a Dockerfile, or directly from source code if you tell Artifact Registry to use pack, or it could even use something called kaniko (I never used it). Instead, if you'd rather build the container image on your computer, you could use whatever tool you want, as long as it produces an OCI-compliant container image.

  • kaniko

    Build Container Images In Kubernetes

  • Cloud Build builds the container image on either Container Registry (older) or Artifact Registry (newer). You can specify how Artifact Registry builds this container image. It could be with a Dockerfile, or directly from source code if you tell Artifact Registry to use pack, or it could even use something called kaniko (I never used it). Instead, if you'd rather build the container image on your computer, you could use whatever tool you want, as long as it produces an OCI-compliant container image.

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