Google Cloud Run

Cloud Run is a good fit for Manael because it scales to zero and handles traffic spikes automatically. Since AVIF conversion is CPU-intensive, allocate at least 1 GiB of memory to avoid out-of-memory errors.

Deploy Manael to Cloud Run with the gcloud CLI:

gcloud run deploy manael \
  --image ghcr.io/manaelproxy/manael:3 \
  --region us-central1 \
  --platform managed \
  --allow-unauthenticated \
  --set-env-vars MANAEL_UPSTREAM_URL=https://storage.example.com,MANAEL_ENABLE_AVIF=true \
  --memory 1Gi \
  --cpu 1

Flag	Description
`--image`	The Manael container image from GHCR.
`--set-env-vars`	Comma-separated `KEY=VALUE` pairs for environment variables.
`--memory`	Memory allocated per container instance. Increase to `2Gi` if you experience OOM kills with AVIF.
`--cpu`	Number of vCPUs per container instance.
`--allow-unauthenticated`	Allows public access. Remove this flag if you want to restrict access.

After deployment, Cloud Run prints the service URL. Place a CDN or Cloud CDN in front of that URL to cache the converted images.