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Deploying PraisonAI Agents to Google Cloud

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for deploying PraisonAI agents to Google Cloud Platform using Cloud Run, which offers a serverless environment for containerized applications.

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Prerequisites

  • Google Cloud account with billing enabled
  • Google Cloud SDK installed and configured
  • Docker installed on your local machine
  • Basic knowledge of containerization and cloud deployment

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Deployment Options

There are several ways to deploy PraisonAI agents to Google Cloud:
  1. Google Cloud Run (recommended for most use cases)
  2. Google Compute Engine (for custom VM requirements)
  3. Google Kubernetes Engine (for complex, scalable deployments)
This guide focuses on Cloud Run as it’s the simplest and most cost-effective option for most deployments.

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Deploying to Google Cloud Run

1

Prepare Your Application

Create a simple API file named api.py:
from praisonaiagents import Agent

agent = Agent(instructions="""You are a helpful assistant.""", llm="gpt-4o-mini")
agent.launch(path="/ask", port=8080, host="0.0.0.0")
Note: Cloud Run expects your application to listen on the port defined by the PORT environment variable, which defaults to 8080.
2

Create a Dockerfile

FROM python:3.11-slim

WORKDIR /app

# Install dependencies
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

# Copy application code
COPY . .

# Set environment variables
ENV PORT=8080

# Run the application
CMD exec python api.py
Create a requirements.txt file:
praisonaiagents[api]>=0.0.79
3

Build and Push the Docker Image

# Build the Docker image
docker build -t gcr.io/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/praisonai-agent .

# Configure Docker to use Google Cloud credentials
gcloud auth configure-docker

# Push the image to Google Container Registry
docker push gcr.io/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/praisonai-agent
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Deploy to Cloud Run

gcloud run deploy praisonai-agent \
  --image gcr.io/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/praisonai-agent \
  --platform managed \
  --region us-central1 \
  --allow-unauthenticated \
  --set-env-vars="OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key"
Note: For production deployments, it’s recommended to use Secret Manager for API keys instead of environment variables.

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Multi-Agent Deployment

For deploying multiple agents, you can use a single Cloud Run service with different endpoints: 
# multi-agent-api.py
from praisonaiagents import Agent

weather_agent = Agent(
    instructions="""You are a weather agent that can provide weather information for a given city.""",
    llm="gpt-4o-mini"
)

stock_agent = Agent(
    instructions="""You are a stock market agent that can provide information about stock prices and market trends.""",
    llm="gpt-4o-mini"
)

travel_agent = Agent(
    instructions="""You are a travel agent that can provide recommendations for destinations, hotels, and activities.""",
    llm="gpt-4o-mini"
)

weather_agent.launch(path="/weather", port=8080, host="0.0.0.0")
stock_agent.launch(path="/stock", port=8080, host="0.0.0.0")
travel_agent.launch(path="/travel", port=8080, host="0.0.0.0")

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Scaling and Performance

Google Cloud Run automatically scales based on traffic, from zero to many instances. You can configure:
  • Minimum instances: Keep a certain number of instances warm to avoid cold starts
  • Maximum instances: Limit the number of instances to control costs
  • Memory allocation: Allocate more memory for complex agents
  • CPU allocation: Allocate dedicated CPUs for compute-intensive workloads
gcloud run services update praisonai-agent \
  --min-instances=1 \
  --max-instances=10 \
  --memory=2Gi \
  --cpu=1

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Continuous Deployment

Set up continuous deployment with Cloud Build: 
# cloudbuild.yaml
steps:
  # Build the container image
  - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
    args: ['build', '-t', 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/praisonai-agent', '.']
  # Push the container image to Container Registry
  - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
    args: ['push', 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/praisonai-agent']
  # Deploy container image to Cloud Run
  - name: 'gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk'
    entrypoint: gcloud
    args:
    - 'run'
    - 'deploy'
    - 'praisonai-agent'
    - '--image'
    - 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/praisonai-agent'
    - '--region'
    - 'us-central1'
    - '--platform'
    - 'managed'
    - '--allow-unauthenticated'
substitutions:
  _REGION: us-central1
images:
  - 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/praisonai-agent'

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Monitoring and Logging

Google Cloud provides comprehensive monitoring and logging capabilities:
  • Cloud Monitoring: Set up dashboards and alerts for your deployed agents
  • Cloud Logging: View and analyze logs from your applications
  • Error Reporting: Automatically detect and group errors
Access logs through the Google Cloud Console or using the gcloud command: 
gcloud logging read "resource.type=cloud_run_revision AND resource.labels.service_name=praisonai-agent" --limit=10

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Cost Optimization

Cloud Run charges based on the resources your service uses only when it’s processing requests. To optimize costs:
  1. Set appropriate memory and CPU allocations
  2. Configure minimum instances based on traffic patterns
  3. Use regional deployments closest to your users
  4. Implement caching for frequent requests

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Security Best Practices

  1. Secret Management: Store API keys and credentials in Secret Manager 
    # Create a secret
echo -n "your_api_key" | gcloud secrets create openai-api-key --data-file=-

# Grant access to the Cloud Run service
gcloud secrets add-iam-policy-binding openai-api-key \
  --member=serviceAccount:YOUR_SERVICE_ACCOUNT \
  --role=roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor

# Reference in deployment
gcloud run deploy praisonai-agent \
  --image gcr.io/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/praisonai-agent \
  --set-secrets=OPENAI_API_KEY=openai-api-key:latest
  2. Service Identity: Use dedicated service accounts with minimal permissions
  3. Network Security: Configure VPC Service Controls for sensitive deployments
  4. API Authentication: Implement authentication for your API endpoints

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All in One

gcloud init
gcloud services enable run.googleapis.com
gcloud services enable containerregistry.googleapis.com
gcloud services enable cloudbuild.googleapis.com

export OPENAI_MODEL_NAME="gpt-4o"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="Enter your API key"
export OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1"

yes | gcloud auth configure-docker us-central1-docker.pkg.dev 
gcloud artifacts repositories create praisonai-repository --repository-format=docker --location=us-central1

PROJECT_ID=$(gcloud config get-value project)
TAG="latest"
docker build --platform linux/amd64 -t gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/praisonai-app:${TAG} .
docker tag gcr.io/${PROJECT_ID}/praisonai-app:${TAG} us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/${PROJECT_ID}/praisonai-repository/praisonai-app:${TAG}
docker push us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/${PROJECT_ID}/praisonai-repository/praisonai-app:${TAG}

gcloud run deploy praisonai-service \
    --image us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/${PROJECT_ID}/praisonai-repository/praisonai-app:${TAG} \
    --platform managed \
    --region us-central1 \
    --allow-unauthenticated \
    --set-env-vars OPENAI_MODEL_NAME=${OPENAI_MODEL_NAME},OPENAI_API_KEY=${OPENAI_API_KEY},OPENAI_API_BASE=${OPENAI_API_BASE}