I want to make a Lichess BOT that plays chess using Stockfish engine. Stockfish has an .exe file I can run and communicate through UCI protocol. I want to write my application in node.js and deploy on google cloud app engine. I can deploy a node.js program, but how do I get stockfish.exe program to run on app engine and use it in my javascript code?
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Have you considered using [stockfish.js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/stockfish) intead of running a .exe file? That would make it way simpler. Let me know if this helps. – Ralemos Jan 12 '21 at 14:55
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I think it's a good solution, though I used a virtual machine on google compute engine, so I am using the exe file. – eguneys Jan 12 '21 at 21:06
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What environment are you using? Standard or Flexible? – Ralemos Jan 13 '21 at 16:25
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It's Standard environment – eguneys Jan 13 '21 at 22:23
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This is not possible in App Engine Standard.
The reason for that is that the environments in App Engine are controlled by Google so that performance/scability and security issues are minimized. And enabling executables to be executed in such environment could pose a high security risk.
For the Flexible environment you have a bit more flexibility with the use of Docker Files, and this community answer might be helpful on that regard, however, I would say that this is still not recommended.
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