# ODK 1 on GCP App Engine

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-1-on-gcp-app-engine/19189>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-1-on-gcp-app-engine/19189 "2019-04-11T14:40:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-1-on-gcp-app-engine/19189/3 "2019-04-12T19:29:33Z")

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I found this in a 3-year old post on this forum. Is it true that GAE will shut down the instance automatically if it is unused? Does that need to be configured?

> [@How to deploy ODK Aggregate on Google's App Engine](https://forum.getodk.org/t/how-to-deploy-odk-aggregate-on-googles-app-engine/3939/7):
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> Google AppEngine is unique in how it manages system resources. If you are  
> not actively using your application (i.e., ODK Aggregate), Google will shut  
> it down. Then, upon the next request to access the application, it will  
> allocate a server, install the application, and send the request to that  
> application (for ODK Aggregate, this start-up time takes about 27 seconds  
> to complete). You pay only for the amount of time your application is  
> active (and for many users, these costs are minimal and less than the costs  
> to hire staff and maintain their own servers on their own premises).

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