ADK Deployment Guide

Scaffolded project? Use the make commands throughout this guide — they wrap Terraform, Docker, and deployment into a tested pipeline.

No scaffold? See Quick Deploy below, or the ADK deployment docs. For production infrastructure, scaffold with /adk-scaffold.

Reference Files

For deeper details, consult these reference files in references/:

• cloud-run.md — Scaling defaults, Dockerfile, session types, networking
• agent-engine.md — deploy.py CLI, AdkApp pattern, Terraform resource, deployment metadata, CI/CD differences
• gke.md — GKE Autopilot cluster, Terraform-managed Kubernetes resources, Workload Identity, session types, networking
• terraform-patterns.md — Custom infrastructure, IAM, state management, importing resources
• event-driven.md — Pub/Sub, Eventarc, BigQuery Remote Function triggers via custom fast_api_app.py endpoints

Observability: See the adk-observability-guide skill for Cloud Trace, prompt-response logging, BigQuery Analytics, and third-party integrations.