python server.py

Access to a configurable Virtual Machine

More powerful if you can pay for it.

Easier to deploy a single instance as you have SSH access

Setup

# install dependencies
sudo apt install build-essential python3 python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt # if py37

If you have python 3.8 installed use:

pip install -r requirements38.txt # if py38

Serverless, weak CPU but automatically scalable,

under continuous load the setup stage should be cached

Can be deployed directly from this repository, will just work :)

Sending images into Google Cloud Functions is overcomplicated, not designed for this...

gcloud init # login to a applicable account
# clone this repository
gcloud source repos clone fyp-lpr-gcp-functions --project=fyp-lpr