July 30, 2026

GCP Container vs Artifact

A guide to GCP Container vs Artifact

When creating a Cloud Build, you have the option of using a Dockerfile which creates a container, or using a yaml file which creates an artifact.

FROM node:18-slim

ENV PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD="true"
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install gnupg wget -y && \
  wget --quiet --output-document=- https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/google-archive.gpg && \
  sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list' && \
  apt-get update && \
  apt-get install google-chrome-stable -y --no-install-recommends && \
  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y bash curl && curl -1sLf \
'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/infisical/infisical-cli/setup.deb.sh' | bash \
&& apt-get update && apt-get install -y infisical=0.24.0

COPY . .

RUN npm install
RUN npm run build

EXPOSE 8000
CMD ["infisical","run", "--", "node", "dist/server.js"]

steps:
  # In this step, we build the container
  - name: gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker
    args:
      - build
      - '--no-cache'
      - '-t'
      - >-
        $_AR_HOSTNAME/$PROJECT_ID/cloud-run-source-deploy/$REPO_NAME/$_SERVICE_NAME:$COMMIT_SHA
      - .
      - '-f'
      - dockerfile
    id: Build
  # In this step, we push the container to the artifact registry
  - name: gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker
    args:
      - push
      - >-
        $_AR_HOSTNAME/$PROJECT_ID/cloud-run-source-deploy/$REPO_NAME/$_SERVICE_NAME:$COMMIT_SHA
    id: Push
  # In this step, we update the cloud run service to use the new container
  - name: 'gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:slim'
    args:
      - run
      - services
      - update
      - $_SERVICE_NAME
      - '--platform=managed'
      - >-
        --image=$_AR_HOSTNAME/$PROJECT_ID/cloud-run-source-deploy/$REPO_NAME/$_SERVICE_NAME:$COMMIT_SHA
      - >-
        --labels=managed-by=gcp-cloud-build-deploy-cloud-run,commit-sha=$COMMIT_SHA,gcb-build-id=$BUILD_ID,gcb-trigger-id=$_TRIGGER_ID
      - '--region=$_DEPLOY_REGION'
      - '--quiet'
    id: Deploy
    entrypoint: gcloud
images:
  - >-
    $_AR_HOSTNAME/$PROJECT_ID/cloud-run-source-deploy/$REPO_NAME/$_SERVICE_NAME:$COMMIT_SHA
options:
  substitutionOption: ALLOW_LOOSE
  logging: CLOUD_LOGGING_ONLY
substitutions:
  _DEPLOY_REGION: us-central1
  _AR_HOSTNAME: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev
  _PLATFORM: managed
  _TRIGGER_ID:
  _SERVICE_NAME:
tags:
  - gcp-cloud-build-deploy-cloud-run
  - gcp-cloud-build-deploy-cloud-run-managed