Google Cloud Run Operators

Cloud Run is used to build and deploy scalable containerized apps written in any language (including Go, Python, Java, Node.js, .NET, and Ruby) on a fully managed platform.

For more information about the service visit Google Cloud Run documentation.

Prerequisite Tasks

To use these operators, you must do a few things:

Create a job

Before you create a job in Cloud Run, you need to define it. For more information about the Job object fields, visit Google Cloud Run Job description

A simple job configuration can be created with a Job object:

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

def _create_job_instance() -> Job:
    """
    Create a Cloud Run job configuration with google.cloud.run_v2.Job object.

    As a minimum the configuration must contain a container image name in its template.
    The rest of the configuration parameters are optional and will be populated with default values if not set.
    """
    job = Job()
    container = k8s_min.Container()
    container.image = "us-docker.pkg.dev/cloudrun/container/job:latest"
    container.resources.limits = {"cpu": "2", "memory": "1Gi"}
    job.template.template.containers.append(container)
    return job


or with a Python dictionary:

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

def _create_job_dict() -> dict:
    """
    Create a Cloud Run job configuration with a Python dict.

    As a minimum the configuration must contain a container image name in its template.
    """
    return {
        "template": {
            "template": {
                "containers": [
                    {
                        "image": "us-docker.pkg.dev/cloudrun/container/job:latest",
                        "resources": {
                            "limits": {"cpu": "1", "memory": "512Mi"},
                            "cpu_idle": False,
                            "startup_cpu_boost": False,
                        },
                        "name": "",
                        "command": [],
                        "args": [],
                        "env": [],
                        "ports": [],
                        "volume_mounts": [],
                        "working_dir": "",
                        "depends_on": [],
                    }
                ],
                "volumes": [],
                "execution_environment": 0,
                "encryption_key": "",
            },
            "labels": {},
            "annotations": {},
            "parallelism": 0,
            "task_count": 0,
        },
        "name": "",
        "uid": "",
        "generation": "0",
        "labels": {},
        "annotations": {},
        "creator": "",
        "last_modifier": "",
        "client": "",
        "client_version": "",
        "launch_stage": 0,
        "observed_generation": "0",
        "conditions": [],
        "execution_count": 0,
        "reconciling": False,
        "satisfies_pzs": False,
        "etag": "",
    }


You can create a Cloud Run Job with any of these configurations : CloudRunCreateJobOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

create1 = CloudRunCreateJobOperator(
    task_id=create1_task_name,
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    region=region,
    job_name=job1_name,
    job=_create_job_instance(),
    dag=dag,
)

Note that this operator only creates the job without executing it. The Job’s dictionary representation is pushed to XCom.

Create a service

Before you create a service in Cloud Run, you need to define it. For more information about the Service object fields, visit Google Cloud Run Service description

A simple service configuration can look as follows:

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run_service.py[source]

def _create_service():
    service = Service()
    container = k8s_min.Container()
    container.image = "us-docker.pkg.dev/cloudrun/container/placeholder:latest"
    service.template.containers.append(container)
    return service


With this configuration we can create the service: CloudRunCreateServiceOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run_service.py[source]

create_cloud_run_service = CloudRunCreateServiceOperator(
    task_id="create-cloud-run-service",
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    region="us-central1",
    service=_create_service(),
    service_name="cloudrun-system-test-service",
)

Note that this operator only creates the service without executing it. The Service’s dictionary representation is pushed to XCom.

Delete a service

With this configuration we can delete the service: CloudRunDeleteServiceOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run_service.py[source]

delete_cloud_run_service = CloudRunDeleteServiceOperator(
    task_id="delete-cloud-run-service",
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    region="us-central1",
    service_name="cloudrun-system-test-service",
    dag=dag,
)

Note this operator waits for the service to be deleted, and the deleted Service’s dictionary representation is pushed to XCom.

Execute a job

To execute a job, you can use:

CloudRunExecuteJobOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

execute1 = CloudRunExecuteJobOperator(
    task_id=execute1_task_name,
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    region=region,
    job_name=job1_name,
    dag=dag,
    deferrable=False,
)

or you can define the same operator in the deferrable mode:

CloudRunExecuteJobOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

execute2 = CloudRunExecuteJobOperator(
    task_id=execute2_task_name,
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    region=region,
    job_name=job2_name,
    dag=dag,
    deferrable=True,
)

Transport

The CloudRunExecuteJobOperator accepts an optional transport parameter to choose the underlying API transport.

  • transport="grpc" (default): use gRPC transport. If transport is not set, gRPC is used.

  • transport="rest": use REST/HTTP transport.

In deferrable mode, when using gRPC (explicitly or by default), the trigger uses an async gRPC client internally; for non-deferrable execution, the operator uses the regular (synchronous) gRPC client.

In general, it is better to use gRPC (or leave transport unset) unless there is a specific reason you must use REST (for example, if gRPC is not available or fails in your environment).

Deferrable mode considerations

When using deferrable mode, the operator defers to an async trigger that polls the long-running operation status.

  • With gRPC (explicitly or by default), the trigger uses the native async gRPC client internally. The grpc_asyncio transport is

    an implementation detail of the Google client library and is not a user-facing transport value.

  • With REST, the REST transport is synchronous-only in the Google Cloud library. To remain compatible with deferrable mode, the

    trigger performs REST calls using the synchronous client wrapped in a background thread.

REST can be used with deferrable mode, but it may be less efficient than gRPC and is generally best reserved for cases where gRPC cannot be used.

You can also specify overrides that allow you to give a new entrypoint command to the job and more:

CloudRunExecuteJobOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

overrides = {
    "container_overrides": [
        {
            "name": "job",
            "args": ["python", "main.py"],
            "env": [{"name": "ENV_VAR", "value": "value"}],
            "clear_args": False,
        }
    ],
    "task_count": 1,
    "timeout": "60s",
}

execute3 = CloudRunExecuteJobOperator(
    task_id=execute3_task_name,
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    region=region,
    overrides=overrides,
    job_name=job3_name,
    dag=dag,
    deferrable=False,
)

Update a job

To update a job, you can use:

CloudRunUpdateJobOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

update_job1 = CloudRunUpdateJobOperator(
    task_id=update_job1_task_name,
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    region=region,
    job_name=job1_name,
    job=_create_job_instance_with_label(),
    dag=dag,
)

The Job’s dictionary representation is pushed to XCom.

List jobs

To list the jobs, you can use:

CloudRunListJobsOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

list_jobs = CloudRunListJobsOperator(
    task_id=list_jobs_task_name, project_id=PROJECT_ID, region=region, dag=dag
)

The operator takes two optional parameters: “limit” to limit the number of tasks returned, and “show_deleted” to include deleted jobs in the result.

Delete a job

To delete a job you can use:

CloudRunDeleteJobOperator

tests/system/google/cloud/cloud_run/example_cloud_run.py[source]

delete_job1 = CloudRunDeleteJobOperator(
    task_id="delete-job1",
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    region=region,
    job_name=job1_name,
    dag=dag,
    trigger_rule=TriggerRule.ALL_DONE,
)

Note this operator waits for the job to be deleted, and the deleted Job’s dictionary representation is pushed to XCom.

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