title: How to deploy 1 instance on Google App Engine
body: <p>I need to deploy 1 instance of a simple Node.js application on Google App Engine, without any form of scaling.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried doing <code>gcloud preview app deploy</code>, but that creates many instances even after I try to shut them down. My goal is to consume minimum resources by running only 1 instance.</p>
  
  <p>I am using the simplest example: <a href="https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/getting-started/hello-world" rel="nofollow">https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/getting-started/hello-world</a></p>