App Engine Studio (AES) guided setup walks you through the implementation process, one step at a time. As you finish each setup procedure, you're prompted to begin the next one.

When you have finished configuring AES, you have the option of configuring other products related to AES:
  • App Engine Management Center (AEMC)
  • Application Intake
  • Pipelines and Deployments
Each of these products has its own guided setup. If you have already configured one or more of the products and you are prompted to configure it again, you can simply ignore that instruction. The following diagram illustrates the preferred method for implementing AES and associated applications:
Figure 1. AES implementation
AES implementation
AES implementation usually follows these steps.
  1. On a development instance, install AES and the Pipelines and Deployments plugin. For more information, see Installing App Engine Studio.
  2. Complete the AES guided setup. For more information, see Configure App Engine Studio.
  3. On your production instance:
    1. Complete the Application Intake guided setup. For more information, see Configure Application Intake.
    2. Complete the Pipelines and Deployments guided setup. For more information, see Configure Pipelines and Deployments.
  4. On a development instance, complete the first non-production task of the Pipelines and Deployments guided setup.
  5. On your test instance, install Pipelines and Deployments.
  6. Complete both non-production tasks of the Pipelines and Deployments guided setup on the test instance.
  7. In all the other non-production instances in your pipeline:
    1. Install Pipelines and Deployments.
    2. Complete the first non-prod tasks of the Pipelines and Deployments guided setup.
  8. Repeat step 7 across all non-production instances, as needed.
  9. Install the AEMC plugin on each instance in your pipeline. For more information, see Configure the App Engine Management Center.

    AEMC allows admins to manage app development from intake through production on your production instance.

Note: If you plan on cloning your production instance to one or more non-production instances, you should also install the AES product on your production instance prior to cloning. For more information, see System clone and Cloning instances with AES.