How to properly setup modules for Google App Engine (PHP runtime) - google-app-engine

Question

I want to create very standard setup for GAE (php runtime): 2 modules with specific URLs (routings):
module-api for REST API
module-oli for backend static process ..
regarding to doc (https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/php/modules/ and https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/php/modules/routing) I've created 3 .yaml config files:
dispatch.yaml
application: ABC
dispatch:
- url: "*/oli/*"
module: module-oli
- url: "*/"
module: module-api
app.yaml
application: ABC
version: v1
module: module-api
runtime: php55
api_version: 1
handlers:
- url: /.*
script: public/api.php
module-oli.yaml
application: ABC
version: v1
module: module-oli
runtime: php55
api_version: 1
manual_scaling:
instances: 1
handlers:
- url: /.*
script: public/oli.php
I also tried many changes in URL handling, but the error I always get is "Duplicate module: module-api".
Can you help me please? Thank you in advance ..

Answer 1

I have no idea why, but (on my computer) it does not work just from googleAppEngineLauncher.app (OSX 10.11.3, googleAppEngineLauncher version 1.9.32), but it works if I use command line tools:
dev_appserver.py app.yaml module-oli.yaml
and only if I do not use param --skip_sdk_update_check (does not matter value)
more about naming modules (and using default module or not) .. it all works even if I name default module with specific name (of course, it causes error when not all request are dispatched to the module).
more about dispatching to modules; it works (as it's documented here). of course, it does not work at local development environment, as every single module runs at a different port (than the dispatch does not work, and if there is a module with manual_scaling, the _ah/start can not be handled and as err500 it stops the start)
here are all setup files, and how to run it:
app.yaml
application: <APPLICATION-ID>
module: default
version: v1
runtime: php55
api_version: 1
threadsafe: yes
handlers:
- url: /favicon\.ico
static_files: favicon.ico
upload: favicon\.ico
- url: .*
script: blablabla.php
module-oli.yaml
application: <APPLICATION-ID>
version: v1
module: module-oli
runtime: php55
api_version: 1
threadsafe: yes
instance_class: B1
manual_scaling:
instances: 1
handlers:
- url: /oli/.*
script: blebleble-oli.php
dispatch.yaml
dispatch:
- url: "*/oli/*"
module: module-oli
- url: "*/*"
module: default
to run on local development environment: dev_appserver.py app.yaml module-oli.yaml .. (no automatic routing, instances are running on different ports)
one everything is deployed to gcloud and dispatching is updated (appcfg.py -A wellfedcat-1221 update_dispatch .), it works like this:
APPLICATION-ID.appspot.com/* : served by default module ..
APPLICATION-ID.appspot.com/oli/* : served by module-oli ..
the dispatching is necessary when you want to use our own domain to map to gcloud ..
thank you #Tom for help!