Configure sandboxes for instances

Preview — Cloud Run sandboxes

This feature is subject to the "Pre-GA Offerings Terms" in the General Service Terms section of the Service Specific Terms. Pre-GA features are available "as is" and might have limited support. For more information, see the launch stage descriptions.

Cloud Run sandboxes provide a fast, secure, and isolated environment to run untrusted code execution tools or browser automation software for agents hosted on your existing instance. Sandboxes are highly optimized for latency and run within the same instance as your container, sharing its allocated CPU and memory.

This page describes how to configure sandboxes on your container. For details about writing code to interact with the sandbox using the CLI, see Code execution in Cloud Run.

Before you begin

Sign in to your Google Cloud account. If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.

In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

Roles required to select or create a project

• Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
• Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator role (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains the resourcemanager.projects.create permission. Learn how to grant roles.

Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.

Go to project selector

Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

Roles required to select or create a project

• Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
• Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator role (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains the resourcemanager.projects.create permission. Learn how to grant roles.

Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.

Go to project selector

Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

1. Install and initialize the gcloud CLI.
2. Deploy a Cloud Run instance.

Required roles

To get the permissions that you need to configure and deploy Cloud Run instances, ask your administrator to grant you the following IAM roles:

• Cloud Run Developer (roles/run.developer) on the Cloud Run instance
• Service Account User (roles/iam.serviceAccountUser) on the service identity

For a list of IAM roles and permissions that are associated with Cloud Run, see Cloud Run IAM roles and Cloud Run IAM permissions. If your Cloud Run instance interfaces with Google Cloud APIs, such as Cloud Client Libraries, see the service identity configuration guide. For more information about granting roles, see deployment permissions and manage access.

Enable sandboxes

To enable sandboxes in Cloud Run instances, use the Google Cloud CLI or a YAML configuration:

gcloud

To create or update the instance, specify the --sandbox-launcher flag:

• To create a new instance, run the following command:

  gcloud beta run instances create INSTANCE --image IMAGE_URL --sandbox-launcher

  Replace the following:

  • INSTANCE: the name of your Cloud Run instance.
  • IMAGE_URL: a reference to the container image, such as us-docker.pkg.dev/cloudrun/container/hello:latest.

• To update an existing instance, run the following command:

  gcloud beta run instances update INSTANCE --sandbox-launcher

YAML

1. If you are creating a new instance, skip this step. If you are updating an existing instance, download its YAML configuration:

   gcloud beta run instances describe INSTANCE --format export > instance.yaml

2. Update your YAML file to include the sandboxLauncher attribute set to true inside your container configuration:

   apiVersion: run.googleapis.com/v1
   kind: Instance
   metadata:
     name: INSTANCE
     annotations:
       run.googleapis.com/launch-stage: BETA
   spec:
     containers:
     - name: CONTAINER
       image: IMAGE_URL
       sandboxLauncher: true
   

   Replace the following:

   • INSTANCE: the name of your Cloud Run instance.
   • CONTAINER: the name of your container.
   • IMAGE_URL: a reference to the container image, such as us-docker.pkg.dev/cloudrun/container/hello:latest.

3. Create or update the instance using the following command:

   gcloud beta run instances replace instance.yaml

Sandboxes share the CPU and memory allocated to the host container. Make sure your main container limits for CPU and memory are sufficient to accommodate both your application and any active sandboxes you run at the same time.

Disable sandboxes

To disable the ability to launch a sandbox in your instance, use the Google Cloud CLI or a YAML configuration:

gcloud

Update the instance using the --no-sandbox-launcher flag by running the following command:

gcloud beta run instances update INSTANCE --no-sandbox-launcher

Replace INSTANCE with the name of your instance.

YAML

1. If you are creating a new instance, skip this step. If you are updating an existing instance, download its YAML configuration:

   gcloud beta run instances describe INSTANCE --format export > instance.yaml

2. Update your YAML file to remove the sandboxLauncher attribute inside your container configuration:

   apiVersion: run.googleapis.com/v1
   kind: Instance
   metadata:
     name: INSTANCE
   spec:
     containers:
     - name: CONTAINER
       image: IMAGE_URL
   

   Replace the following:

   • INSTANCE: the name of your Cloud Run instance.
   • CONTAINER: the name of your container.
   • IMAGE_URL: a reference to the container image, such as us-docker.pkg.dev/cloudrun/container/hello:latest.

3. Create or update the instance using the following command:

   gcloud beta run instances replace instance.yaml

View sandbox settings

To view the current sandbox settings for your Cloud Run instance:

gcloud

1. Use the following command:

   gcloud beta run instances describe INSTANCE

   Replace INSTANCE with the name of your instance.

2. Locate the sandboxLauncher: true attribute in the returned configuration.

To run untrusted code in a sandbox from your instance, see Code execution in Cloud Run.