Cloud Deployment Manager V2 API
Cloud Deployment Manager V2 API
Google Cloud Deployment Manager API deploys GCP resources via declarative templates — the native GCP IaC tool (CloudFormation-equivalent).
Native GCP — no third-party dependency
GCP officially recommends migrating to Terraform or Config Connector — DM is a legacy tool
Write YAML or Python templates; POST /deploymentmanager/v2/projects/{project}/global/deployments to submit. Or use gcloud deployment-manager deployments create.
Uptime · 30-day window
About this API
Deployment Manager is GCP's early IaC tool, comparable to AWS CloudFormation and Azure ARM templates. Design is declarative — describe target resource state in YAML, Deployment Manager diffs and executes create/update/delete. Python templates add some programmability (dynamic resource generation). But DM has gradually been deprioritized in GCP's history — Google itself promotes Terraform (official google provider with high maintenance quality), plus the later-launched Config Connector (manages GCP resources via K8s CRDs). New projects almost always use Terraform over DM. This API is mainly used by legacy projects.
What you can build
- 1Deploy GCP resources via YAML/Python templates
- 2Templated environments (dev/staging/prod from one template)
- 3Auto-handle resource dependencies
- 4Unified resource lifecycle management
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Native GCP — no third-party dependency
- Supports Python templates (programmable, more powerful than pure YAML)
- Auto-resolves resource dependencies
Limitations
- GCP officially recommends migrating to Terraform or Config Connector — DM is a legacy tool
- Slow feature updates after GA
- Community ecosystem far weaker than Terraform
Example request
curl https://google.com/<endpoint>Getting started
Write YAML or Python templates; POST /deploymentmanager/v2/projects/{project}/global/deployments to submit. Or use gcloud deployment-manager deployments create.
FAQ
Should new projects still use Deployment Manager?+
Not recommended. Terraform is a better choice (ecosystem, community, multi-cloud). Or Config Connector if going the K8s route.
Technical details
- Auth type
- unknown
- Pricing
- unknown
- Protocols
- REST
- SDKs
- python, javascript, go, java
- Response time
- 52 ms
- Last health check
- 5/12/2026, 7:37:30 AM
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