ClassicPress on Google Cloud Run
ClassicPress is a free, open-source, business-focused CMS — a lightweight fork of WordPress 4.9.x that preserves the classic (pre-Gutenberg) editing experience, with plugins, themes, a media library, and a REST API. This module deploys ClassicPress on Cloud Run v2 on top of the App_CloudRun foundation, which provisions and manages the shared Google Cloud infrastructure.
This guide focuses on the cloud services ClassicPress uses and how to explore and operate them from the Google Cloud Console and the command line. For the mechanics common to every Cloud Run application — service identity, ingress and load balancing, scaling and concurrency, CI/CD, Cloud Armor, IAP, Binary Authorization, VPC Service Controls, backups, and the deployment lifecycle — refer to the App_CloudRun foundation guide rather than repeating them here.
1. Overview
ClassicPress runs as a single PHP/Apache container built from a thin custom image
FROM classicpress/classicpress. The deployment wires together a focused set of
Google Cloud services:
| Capability | Google Cloud service | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | Cloud Run v2 | PHP/Apache service on port 80, 1 vCPU / 2 GiB by default; scale-to-zero (min_instance_count = 0) is the default |
| Database | Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.0 | Fixed — ClassicPress_Common hardcodes database_type = "MYSQL_8_0" |
| File persistence | Cloud Filestore (NFS), optional | Mounted at /var/lib/classicpress by default (enable_nfs = true) — see the note in Section 3 on what this path actually covers |
| Object storage | Cloud Storage | Both a data bucket (from the variant's own storage_buckets default) and a classicpress-uploads bucket (from ClassicPress_Common) are provisioned automatically; neither is mounted into the container by default |
| Secrets | Secret Manager | Auto-generated CLASSICPRESS_SALT_SEED (derives the 8 WordPress-style auth keys/salts); database password |
| Ingress | Cloud Run URL / Cloud Load Balancing | Default run.app URL; optional external HTTPS load balancer + custom domain |
Sensible defaults worth knowing up front:
- MySQL 8.0 is mandatory and hardcoded.
ClassicPress_Common'sconfigsetsdatabase_type = "MYSQL_8_0"directly; the variant's owndatabase_typevariable is largely decorative — overriding it breaks the MySQL-specificdb-initjob and entrypoint. Leave it at the default. - Custom build, not prebuilt.
container_image_sourcedefaults to"custom"— Cloud Build produces a thin imageFROM classicpress/classicpressthat grafts an entrypoint shim aliasing the Foundation's injectedDB_*vars onto ClassicPress'sCLASSICPRESS_DB_*and deriving stable auth salts. The stock upstream image is never deployed directly. - Cloud SQL is reached over private-IP TCP by default, not a Unix socket.
enable_cloudsql_volumedefaults tofalse(the variant explicitly forces this value into the app config, overriding whateverClassicPress_Commonmight otherwise set); the entrypoint buildsCLASSICPRESS_DB_HOSTfromDB_IP:DB_PORT. MySQL on the Cloud SQL private range needs no SSL. Setenable_cloudsql_volume = trueto use the Auth Proxy socket instead. - The ClassicPress install itself lives on the container's own ephemeral
filesystem. Cloud Run has no per-instance persistent block volume equivalent to
GKE's StatefulSet PVC. The upstream entrypoint writes
wp-config.phpand copies the whole application (includingwp-content/uploadsand any plugins installed through wp-admin) into/var/www/htmlon first boot of each container instance. With the defaultmin_instance_count = 0, every cold start after idle spins up a fresh instance with an empty/var/www/html— uploaded media and admin-installed plugins/themes from a previous instance do not carry over, even though the Cloud SQL database (pages, posts, settings, and the media records) is durable. See the pitfalls table for mitigations. - NFS is enabled by default but mounted at a path the app never uses.
enable_nfs = trueprovisions Filestore and mounts it at/var/lib/classicpress, but neither the Dockerfile nor the entrypoint reference that path — it does not cover the actual/var/www/htmlinstall directory. CLASSICPRESS_SALT_SEEDis generated automatically and stored in Secret Manager; the entrypoint derives all 8 WordPress-styleAUTH_KEY/SALTvalues from it deterministically, so cookies and sessions survive restarts and agree across every cold-started instance without persistingwp-config.phpstate.- No auto-install — first login is manual.
ClassicPress_Commongenerates no admin-password secret and sets no auto-install flag. ClassicPress creates its schema and admin account through its own first-run web installer oncedb-inithas provisioned the empty database. - Two GCS buckets are created but unused by default. The variant's own
storage_bucketsdefault (data) andClassicPress_Common's preset (classicpress-uploads) both get created (different name suffixes, so they don't collide) — neither is wired in as agcs_volumesmount unless you add one.
2. Google Cloud Services & How to Explore Them
All commands assume PROJECT and REGION are set. Service and resource names are
reported in the deployment Outputs.
A. Cloud Run — the ClassicPress service
ClassicPress runs as a Cloud Run v2 service that autoscales by request load between the minimum and maximum instance counts. Each deployment creates an immutable revision; traffic can be split across revisions for safe rollouts.
- Console: Cloud Run → select the service for revisions, traffic, logs, and metrics.
- CLI:
gcloud run services list --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
gcloud run services describe <service-name> --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
gcloud run revisions list --service <service-name> --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
See App_CloudRun for scaling, concurrency, execution environment, and traffic splitting.
B. Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.0
ClassicPress stores all application data (posts, pages, users, options, plugin/theme
settings) in a managed Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.0 instance. By default the service
connects over private-IP TCP (enable_cloudsql_volume = false); Cloud SQL MySQL
accepts unencrypted TCP on the private range, so no SSL configuration is needed. On
first deploy, an initialization Job (db-init) creates the application database and
user and verifies the app user can connect.
- Console: SQL → select the instance for connections, backups, flags, metrics.
- CLI:
gcloud sql instances list --project "$PROJECT"
gcloud sql instances describe <instance-name> --project "$PROJECT"
gcloud sql connect <instance-name> --user=<db-user> --database=<db-name> --project "$PROJECT"
The instance name, database, user, and password secret are in the Outputs. See App_CloudRun for the connection model, backups, and password rotation.
C. Cloud Storage
Two Cloud Storage buckets are provisioned by default: a data bucket (declared by
this variant's own storage_buckets default) and a classicpress-uploads bucket
(declared by ClassicPress_Common). Neither is mounted into the container as a
gcs_volumes entry out of the box — add one explicitly (e.g. mounted at
/var/www/html/wp-content/uploads) if you want media uploads to survive across
Cloud Run cold starts.
- Console: Cloud Storage → Buckets.
- CLI:
gcloud storage buckets list --project "$PROJECT"
gcloud storage ls gs://<bucket-name>/ # bucket names are in the Outputs
See App_CloudRun for GCS Fuse and CMEK options.
D. Cloud Filestore (NFS)
enable_nfs = true is the default, mounting a shared Filestore instance at
/var/lib/classicpress. As noted above, this path is not currently referenced by
the Dockerfile or entrypoint shim, so it provides spare shared storage rather than
covering any confirmed data path. enable_nfs = true is also what makes
redis_host = "" fall back to the NFS server's co-hosted Redis IP (see Group 21).
- Console: Filestore → Instances.
- CLI:
gcloud filestore instances list --project "$PROJECT"
See App_CloudRun for NFS discovery and mount mechanics.
E. Secret Manager
One ClassicPress-specific secret is generated automatically and stored in Secret
Manager: CLASSICPRESS_SALT_SEED, a 64-character random seed from which the
entrypoint derives all 8 WordPress-style AUTH_KEY/SECURE_AUTH_KEY/
LOGGED_IN_KEY/NONCE_KEY and their matching SALT values (SHA-256 of the seed
plus a fixed per-key suffix). The database password is managed separately by the
foundation.
- Console: Security → Secret Manager.
- CLI:
gcloud secrets list --project "$PROJECT" --filter="name~classicpress"
gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=<secret-name> --project "$PROJECT"
See App_CloudRun for injection and rotation details.
F. Networking & ingress
The service is reachable at its run.app URL by default (ingress_settings = "all"). An external HTTPS load balancer with a custom domain, Cloud CDN, and Cloud
Armor can be layered on; ingress settings and VPC egress control connectivity.
- Console: Cloud Run (service URL); Network services → Load balancing.
- CLI:
gcloud run services describe <service-name> --region "$REGION" --format='value(status.url)'
gcloud compute addresses list --project "$PROJECT"
See App_CloudRun.
G. Cloud Logging & Monitoring
Container logs flow to Cloud Logging; Cloud Run and Cloud SQL metrics flow to Cloud Monitoring, with optional uptime checks and alert policies.
- Console: Logging → Logs Explorer; Monitoring → Dashboards / Alerting.
- CLI:
gcloud run services logs read <service-name> --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION" --limit 50
3. ClassicPress Application Behaviour
- First-deploy database setup. An initialization Job (
db-init,mysql:8.0-debian) waits for connectivity (Unix socket ifenable_cloudsql_volume = true, otherwise TCP viaDB_IP), idempotently creates the application database and user withCREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS/GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES, verifies the app user can connect, and gracefully shuts down the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy sidecar if one was started. The job is safe to re-run (execute_on_apply = true,max_retries = 3). - No separate migration job — manual first-run install. There is no
auto-install flag for ClassicPress. Once
db-inithas provisioned the empty database, ClassicPress creates its own schema and admin account through the first-run web installer (/wp-admin/install.phpin the upstream image). Visit the service URL after first deploy and complete the installer to set the admin username, password, and email — there is no generated admin-password secret. - DB env-var aliasing over TCP. The Foundation injects
DB_IP(the Cloud SQL private IP on Cloud Run),DB_HOST,DB_PORT,DB_NAME,DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD; ClassicPress readsCLASSICPRESS_DB_*. The graftedentrypoint.shbuildsCLASSICPRESS_DB_HOSTas<DB_IP>:<DB_PORT>(or thelocalhost:<socket>form if a Cloud SQL socket directory is found underenable_cloudsql_volume = true) and aliases the rest, before handing off to the upstreamdocker-entrypoint.sh. - Auth keys/salts are derived, not stored individually.
CLASSICPRESS_SALT_SEEDis the only generated secret; the entrypoint computes all 8CLASSICPRESS_AUTH_KEY/..._SALTvalues assha256(seed-<key-name>), so every restart and every cold-started instance agrees on the same values without persistingwp-config.phpstate — sessions and login cookies remain valid across instance churn even though the filesystem does not. - The install itself lives on the container's ephemeral filesystem, not on
persistent storage. The upstream
docker-entrypoint.shwriteswp-config.phpand copies the ClassicPress application into/var/www/htmlon first boot of each container instance. On Cloud Run this directory is not backed by NFS, GCS Fuse, or a block volume by default, so uploaded media (wp-content/uploads) and any plugins/themes installed via wp-admin are lost whenever the instance recycles (redeploy, scale-to-zero-and-back, instance replacement). The Cloud SQL database (posts, pages, settings, and media metadata rows) is unaffected. - NFS mount path is not referenced by the image or entrypoint.
enable_nfs = truemounts Filestore at/var/lib/classicpressby default, but neitherClassicPress_Common's Dockerfile nor itsentrypoint.shread or write that path — it does not currently provide the persistence that would fix the point above. Treat it as spare shared storage, not a confirmed data path. php_memory_limit,upload_max_filesize, andpost_max_sizeare accepted but not currently wired into a PHP setting. These variables are forwarded through toClassicPress_Common, but itsconfig.environment_variablesdoes not set any correspondingPHP_*/UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE/POST_MAX_SIZEenv var for the upstream image to read — changing them has no observed effect on the deployed container today.- Redis is optional and off by default. When
enable_redis = true, leavingredis_hostempty lets the Foundation fall back to the co-hosted NFS-server Redis IP (requiresenable_nfs = true); settingredis_hostexplicitly points ClassicPress at an external Redis/Memorystore instance instead. - Health paths. The startup probe is TCP on port 80 (generous
failure_threshold = 20, allowing time for the upstream image's own entrypoint to populate the empty/var/www/htmlon first boot of a fresh instance). The liveness probe is HTTPGET /with a 300-second initial delay — a 200 (installed site) or a 302 redirect to the installer (fresh install) both count as healthy. - Inspect job execution and running config:
gcloud run jobs list --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
gcloud run jobs executions list --job <job-name> --project "$PROJECT" --region "$REGION"
gcloud run services describe <service-name> --region "$REGION" \
--format='value(spec.template.spec.containers[0].env)'
4. Configuration Variables
Variables are grouped exactly as they appear on the deployment platform (by their
{{UIMeta group=N}} tag, not by the .tf file's section comments, which are
occasionally out of sync with the tags). Only settings specific to or notable for
ClassicPress are listed; every other input is inherited from
App_CloudRun with its standard behaviour.
Group 1 — Project & Identity
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
project_id | (required) | Target Google Cloud project. |
region | us-central1 | Region for the service and regional resources. |
Group 2 — Deployment Environment
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
tenant_deployment_id | demo | Short suffix that makes resource names unique per environment. |
support_users | [] | Emails granted project access and monitoring alerts. |
resource_labels | {} | Labels applied to all resources. |
Group 3 — Application Identity
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
application_name | classicpress | Base name for resources. Do not change after first deploy. |
display_name | ClassicPress | Human-readable name shown in the Console. |
description | ClassicPress wiki on Cloud Run | Service description. |
application_version | latest | Maps to the classicpress/classicpress image tag via the app-specific CLASSICPRESS_VERSION build arg (latest resolves to php8.3-apache; the generic APP_VERSION build arg the Foundation injects would otherwise silently overwrite a same-named arg). |
php_memory_limit | 512M | Accepted but not currently wired into any PHP setting — see Section 3. |
upload_max_filesize / post_max_size | 64M / 64M | Same caveat as above; validated at plan time (upload_max_filesize ≤ post_max_size) but not otherwise applied. |
Group 4 — Runtime & Scaling
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
deploy_application | true | Set false to provision infrastructure only. |
container_image_source | custom | Builds the thin FROM classicpress/classicpress image with the grafted entrypoint shim — required, the stock image cannot alias DB_* on its own. |
cpu_limit | 1000m | CPU per instance; ClassicPress with MySQL needs at least 1 vCPU. |
memory_limit | 2Gi | Memory per instance; minimum ~512Mi for PHP/Apache. |
min_instance_count | 0 | 0 enables scale-to-zero — but see the ephemeral-filesystem caveat in Section 3 before relying on it in production. |
max_instance_count | 1 | Keep at 1 — the container filesystem is per-instance and not shared. |
container_port | 80 | ClassicPress runs on Apache, port 80. |
execution_environment | gen2 | Gen2 required for NFS and GCS Fuse mounts. |
timeout_seconds | 300 | Maximum request duration (0–3600 seconds). |
enable_cloudsql_volume | false | Default is private-IP TCP; set true for the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy Unix socket instead. |
enable_image_mirroring | true | Mirror the built image into Artifact Registry. |
traffic_split | [] | Split traffic across revisions for staged rollouts. |
max_revisions_to_retain | 7 | Declared for convention parity; not referenced by this module's deployment. |
Group 5 — Access & Ingress Control
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
ingress_settings | all | Public ingress for the CMS front end and admin UI. |
vpc_egress_setting | PRIVATE_RANGES_ONLY | Route only RFC 1918 traffic via VPC. |
enable_iap | false | Require Google sign-in for the whole service (including the public site). |
iap_authorized_users / iap_authorized_groups | [] | Who may access through IAP. |
Group 6 — Environment Variables & Secrets
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
environment_variables | {} | Extra non-secret settings, merged with ClassicPress_Common's defaults (DB_PORT, CLASSICPRESS_TABLE_PREFIX=cp_, CLASSICPRESS_DB_CHARSET=utf8mb4). |
secret_environment_variables | {} | Map of env var → Secret Manager secret name. CLASSICPRESS_SALT_SEED is injected automatically and does not need to be set here. |
secret_propagation_delay | 30 | Seconds to wait after secret creation before proceeding. |
secret_rotation_period | 2592000s | Secret Manager rotation notification frequency. |
Group 7 — Backup & Restore
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
backup_schedule | 0 2 * * * | Automated backup cron (UTC). |
backup_retention_days | 7 | Retention; raise for production/compliance. |
enable_backup_import / backup_source / backup_uri / backup_format | restore options | Restore a MySQL dump from GCS or Google Drive on deploy. |
Group 8 — CI/CD & Binary Authorization
Standard App_CloudRun Cloud Build / Cloud Deploy integration — see
App_CloudRun. Key inputs: enable_cicd_trigger,
github_repository_url, github_token, enable_cloud_deploy,
enable_binary_authorization.
Group 9 — Custom SQL Scripts
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
enable_custom_sql_scripts / custom_sql_scripts_bucket / custom_sql_scripts_path / custom_sql_scripts_use_root | off | Run SQL from a GCS bucket after provisioning. |
Group 10 — Load Balancer, CDN & Image Retention
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
enable_cloud_armor | false | Provision Global HTTPS LB + Cloud Armor WAF. |
admin_ip_ranges | [] | CIDR ranges exempted from WAF rules. |
application_domains | [] | Custom domain names for the HTTPS LB. |
enable_cdn | false | Enable Cloud CDN on the HTTPS LB backend. |
max_images_to_retain / delete_untagged_images / image_retention_days | 7 / true / 30 | Artifact Registry cleanup policy for the built image. |
Group 11 — Storage & Filesystem
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
create_cloud_storage | true | Create GCS buckets defined in storage_buckets. |
storage_buckets | [{ name_suffix = "data" }] | Additional GCS bucket beyond ClassicPress_Common's own classicpress-uploads bucket (both are created; neither is mounted by default). |
enable_nfs | true | On by default, mounted at /var/lib/classicpress — not currently used by the entrypoint (see Section 3). |
nfs_mount_path | /var/lib/classicpress | Mount path inside the container. |
gcs_volumes | [] | GCS Fuse volume mounts (requires gen2); add an entry mounted at /var/www/html/wp-content/uploads for real media persistence. |
manage_storage_kms_iam / enable_artifact_registry_cmek | false | CMEK options. |
Group 12 — Database Backend
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
database_type | MYSQL_8_0 | Hardcoded by ClassicPress_Common; changing the variable does not change the deployed database engine. |
db_name | classicpress | MySQL database name. Immutable after first deploy. |
db_user | classicpress | Application database user. Password auto-generated in Secret Manager. |
database_password_length | 32 | Generated password length (16–64). |
enable_auto_password_rotation / rotation_propagation_delay_sec | off | DB password rotation. |
db_host_env_var_name / db_user_env_var_name / db_name_env_var_name / db_port_env_var_name / service_url_env_var_name | "" | Declared for convention mirroring only — main.tf hardcodes empty aliases for this variant, so setting these has no effect; ClassicPress's own entrypoint handles the CLASSICPRESS_DB_* aliasing. |
Group 13 — Jobs & Scheduled Tasks
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
initialization_jobs | [] | Leave empty to use the built-in db-init job from ClassicPress_Common. |
cron_jobs | [] | No platform-scheduled recurring tasks by default. |
Group 14 — Observability & Health
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
startup_probe | TCP port 80, failure_threshold = 20 | Generous threshold for first-boot population of /var/www/html. |
liveness_probe | HTTP /, 300s initial delay | A 200 or a 302-to-installer both count as healthy. |
uptime_check_config | { enabled=false, path="/" } | Cloud Monitoring uptime check; disabled by default. |
alert_policies | [] | Metric alert policies. |
Group 21 — Redis Cache
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
enable_redis | false | Enables ClassicPress's WordPress-style object cache backend. |
redis_host | "" | Leave empty to fall back to the Foundation's own REDIS_HOST injection (the NFS-VM Redis IP when enable_nfs = true); set explicitly for an external Redis/Memorystore instance. |
redis_port | 6379 | Redis port. |
redis_auth | "" | Optional Redis auth password (sensitive). |
Group 22 — VPC Service Controls & Audit Logging
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
enable_vpc_sc | false | Enforce a VPC-SC perimeter (requires organization_id). |
vpc_cidr_ranges / vpc_sc_dry_run | (set) | Access level CIDRs / dry-run mode. |
enable_audit_logging | false | Detailed Cloud Audit Logs. |
5. Outputs
Returned on a successful deployment — the quickest way to locate and explore the running resources.
| Output | Description |
|---|---|
service_name | Cloud Run service name. |
service_url | Default run.app URL of the service. |
service_location | Region the service runs in. |
stage_services | Stage-specific service URLs (Cloud Deploy). |
load_balancer_ip / load_balancer_url | External HTTPS load balancer IP / URL (when enabled). |
database_instance_name | Cloud SQL instance name. |
database_name / database_user | Application database name / user. |
database_password_secret | Secret Manager secret holding the DB password. |
database_host / database_port | DB endpoint / port. |
storage_buckets | Created Cloud Storage buckets (data and classicpress-uploads). |
network_name / network_exists / regions | VPC network, presence, regions. |
container_image / container_registry | Deployed image and Artifact Registry repo. |
monitoring_enabled / monitoring_notification_channels / uptime_check_names | Monitoring status, channels, uptime checks. |
initialization_jobs | Names of the setup jobs. |
deployment_id / tenant_id / resource_prefix | Naming identifiers. |
project_id / project_number | Project identifiers. |
cicd_enabled / github_repository_url / github_repository_owner / github_repository_name / cicd_configuration | CI/CD status and details. |
artifact_registry_repository / cloudbuild_trigger_name / cloudbuild_trigger_id | Registry and build trigger. |
vpc_sc_enabled / vpc_sc_perimeter_name / vpc_sc_dry_run_mode | VPC-SC status. |
audit_logging_enabled / artifact_registry_cmek_enabled | Audit logging and CMEK status. |
6. Configuration Pitfalls & Sensible Defaults
Risk: Critical (data loss / outage / security) — High (service degraded) — Medium (cost or partial degradation) — Low (minor).
Inherited plan-time validation. This module passes its configuration through the App_CloudRun foundation engine, which validates values and combinations at plan time — a read replica without its primary, IAP with no authorized identities, a
gen1runtime with NFS/GCS mounts, an out-of-rangeredis_port/backup_retention_days. Invalid configuration fails the plan with a clear, named error before any resource is created. ClassicPress also runs its own precondition (validations.tf) forupload_max_filesize ≤ post_max_size.
| Setting | Sensible value | Risk | Consequence if wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
Media/plugin persistence at /var/www/html | Add a gcs_volumes mount (e.g. at wp-content/uploads) or keep min_instance_count ≥ 1 | Critical | With the default min_instance_count = 0 and no volume covering /var/www/html, every cold-started instance starts from an empty filesystem — uploaded media and wp-admin-installed plugins/themes from earlier instances are gone, even though the database is intact. |
CLASSICPRESS_SALT_SEED (auto-generated) | Never rotate after first boot | Critical | Rotating it invalidates all signed cookies and logged-in sessions across every instance. |
database_type | Leave at default (MYSQL_8_0) | Critical | ClassicPress_Common's db-init job and entrypoint are MySQL-specific; the value is hardcoded regardless of the variable, but relying on the variable to select an engine is a dead end. |
db_name / db_user | Set once | Critical | Immutable after first deploy; renaming recreates the DB/user and orphans all data. |
enable_backup_import | false unless restoring | Critical | Enabling without a valid backup_uri fails the import job. |
max_instance_count | 1 | High | The container filesystem is per-instance; scaling beyond 1 gives every replica a separate, diverging copy of the site rather than a shared one. |
| First-run admin setup | Complete /wp-admin/install.php promptly after deploy | High | Until the installer runs, the site has no schema and no admin account — there is no generated admin-password secret to recover with. |
enable_nfs | true (but currently unused by the app) | Medium | Provisions and pays for a Filestore instance that the current entrypoint/Dockerfile never mount data onto — see Section 3. Disabling it does not remove any confirmed persistence, but confirm against a live deployment before relying on this. |
php_memory_limit / upload_max_filesize / post_max_size | Any value | Low | Currently not wired into a PHP setting — do not assume changing them affects upload limits or PHP memory in the deployed container. |
memory_limit | 2Gi | Medium | Below ~512Mi the PHP/Apache container risks OOM under load or with heavier plugins. |
min_instance_count | 1 for production | Medium | Scale-to-zero (0) adds cold-start latency and compounds the filesystem-persistence issue above. |
enable_cloud_armor | enable for production | Medium | The admin UI and public site are reachable without WAF protection by default. |
backup_retention_days | 7 (raise for prod) | Medium | Too short for compliance retention. |
For the foundation behaviour referenced throughout — service identity, scaling and
concurrency, ingress and load balancing, CI/CD, Cloud Armor, IAP, Binary
Authorization, VPC-SC, backups, and image mirroring — see
App_CloudRun. ClassicPress-specific application configuration
shared with the GKE variant lives in the ClassicPress_Common module (no standalone
ClassicPress_Common.md guide exists yet in this docs set); see also
ClassicPress_GKE for how the same application behaves on a
StatefulSet with a per-pod block PVC.