# Install single-container Sourcegraph with Docker on Google Cloud

<Callout type="warning">The single-container (`sourcegraph/server`) deployment mode has been **removed in [Sourcegraph 7.0.0](https://sourcegraph.com/changelog/releases/7.0)**. The `sourcegraph/server` Docker image is no longer published starting with 7.0.0. Customers must [migrate to Docker Compose](/self-hosted/deploy/docker-compose/migrate) or [Kubernetes](/self-hosted/deploy/kubernetes/) before upgrading to 7.0.0.</Callout>

This tutorial shows you how to deploy [single-container Sourcegraph with Docker](/self-hosted/deploy/docker-single-container/) to a single node running on Google Cloud.

> NOTE: We _do not_ recommend using this method for a production instance. If deploying a production instance, see [our recommendations](/self-hosted/deploy/) for how to choose a deployment type that suits your needs. We recommend [Docker Compose](/self-hosted/deploy/docker-compose/google-cloud) for most initial production deployments.

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## Deploy to Google Cloud VM

-   [Open your Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instances) to create a new VM instance and click **Create Instance**
-   Choose an appropriate machine type (we recommend at least 2 vCPU and 7.5 GB RAM, more depending on team size and number of repositories/languages enabled)
-   Choose Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as your boot disk
-   Check the boxes for **Allow HTTP traffic** and **Allow HTTPS traffic** in the **Firewall** section
-   Open the **Management, disks, networking, and SSH keys** dropdown section and add the following in the **Startup script** field:

    ```
    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
    sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
    sudo apt-get update
    apt-cache policy docker-ce
    sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
    mkdir -p /root/.sourcegraph/config
    mkdir -p /root/.sourcegraph/data
    docker run -d --publish 80:7080 --publish 443:7443 --restart unless-stopped --volume /root/.sourcegraph/config:/etc/sourcegraph --volume /root/.sourcegraph/data:/var/opt/sourcegraph sourcegraph/server:{CURRENT_VERSION_NO_V}
    ```

-   Create your VM, then navigate to its public IP address.

-   If you have configured a DNS entry for the IP, configure `externalURL` to reflect that.

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## Update your Sourcegraph version

To update to the most recent version of Sourcegraph (X.Y.Z), SSH into your instance and run the following:

```
docker ps # get the $CONTAINER_ID of the running sourcegraph/server container
docker rm -f $CONTAINER_ID
docker run -d ... sourcegraph/server:X.Y.Z
```

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## Using an external database for persistence

The Docker container has its own internal PostgreSQL and Redis databases. To preserve this data when you kill and recreate the container, you can [use external services](/self-hosted/external-services/) for persistence, such as Google Cloud's [Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/), [Cloud Memorystore](https://cloud.google.com/memorystore/), and [Cloud Storage](https://cloud.google.com/storage) for storing user uploads.

> NOTE: Use of external databases requires [Sourcegraph Enterprise](https://about.sourcegraph.com/pricing).