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This article contains my notes on Google Cloud Bigtable and is part of my series on Professional Cloud Architect certification. I plan to take the Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification, so I am starting my training for the PCA with… Continue Reading →
During Covid, I let my Google Cloud certification lapse. Recently, Google Cloud offered me a free exam voucher and $500.00 in Google Cloud credits provided I pass. I accepted their challenge. I have been working in Google Cloud for more… Continue Reading →
This article will be the home page for a collection of articles related to developing C++ applications in Google Cloud. This will include small example applications published to GitHub. I have decades of experience writing commercial enterprise applications in C++…. Continue Reading →
This article is my attempt to keep track of the various environment variables that affect tools, SDKs, and applications written for Google Cloud. GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT Environment variable defining default project. If not set and the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS is set to… Continue Reading →
This article discusses DNS configuration problems that prevent Google-managed SSL certificates from being issued for Global HTTP(S) Load Balancers. How do you detect that there is a problem with a Google-managed SSL certificate? The certificate status is Provisioning. The Domain… Continue Reading →
IAM Signblob and Service Accounts A Google Cloud Service Account contains an RSA key pair. When Google Cloud creates a service account an RSA key pair managed by Google Cloud is created. When you create a service account key, another… Continue Reading →
Application Default Credentials This article will cover Google Cloud Application Default Credentials (ADC) and how to create credentials using various methods in PHP. I wrote another article on ADC that includes Python examples. This article is more technical and includes… Continue Reading →
Introduction Once you have an SSL certificate configured, the next step is to redirect unencrypted traffic. There are several methods of doing this. Within your application (Laravel), by the web server (Apache or Nginx) or by the frontend (load balancer)…. Continue Reading →
Introduction I am currently preparing to recertify for the Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer Certification. I previously scheduled the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate on March 29, 2021 at 3 PM. Maybe I will take both exams on the same day…. Continue Reading →
This article is a journal of my path to take the Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer Recertification. I plan to track my progress, resources and post exam tips. Date created: March 2, 2021 Last updated: March 7, 2021 Exam Completed:… Continue Reading →
Introduction I am writing ASP.NET Core code for an automated cloud directory synchronization process that will run on Google Cloud Run and Kubernetes. This code requires the current date and time in the local time zone. Simple problem, or so… Continue Reading →
Introduction A common practice in Google Cloud is to create one or more service accounts to authorize the Google Cloud CLI. Using service accounts is recommended by Google instead of user accounts. However, a service account JSON or P12 file… Continue Reading →
Introduction This article shows how to impersonate a service account from user account credentials. To understand how to set up everything, read the companion article: Google Cloud – Improving Security with Impersonation Save the following PowerShell script as a file… Continue Reading →
Introduction One of the more frequent problems on Stackoverflow is Compute Engine SSH. This article will dive into how SSH is configured on Compute Engine and how to connect using various SSH tools. I will also cover how to create… Continue Reading →
This training videolab is a collection of videos Google Cloud created by Jennifer Brown @jbrojbrojbro. Jennifer is a Google Cloud Developer Advocate and a Google employee. Her videos are very good and average about 3 minutes each. This lab combines… Continue Reading →
Introduction This training videolab is a collection of videos Google Cloud created by Priyanka Vergadia @pvergadia. Priyanka is a Google Cloud Architect and a Google employee. Her videos are very good and average about 5 minutes each. This lab combines her… Continue Reading →
Introduction Designing an application that incorporates Google Cloud SQL requires some thought. There are several factors to consider regarding security, performance, fault tolerance and availability. Incorrectly implementing one of these areas can affect the other areas, usually negatively. In this… Continue Reading →
Introduction Google Cloud SQL Proxy provides secure access to Cloud SQL Second Generation instances without having to whitelist IP addresses or configure SSL. Cloud SQL Proxy provides several important benefits: Secure connections: The proxy automatically encrypts traffic to and from the database using TLS… Continue Reading →
Introduction This article discusses mapping custom domains for Google Cloud Run Managed. In a future article, I will cover Google Cloud Run on GKE. Google Cloud Run supports using a custom domain rather than the default address provided for a… Continue Reading →
Introduction To understand Google Cloud Run, you must peel back the layers and look at the interfaces that the API offers. Understanding the API will provide you with a better understanding of the features and capabilities. If your goal is… Continue Reading →
Introduction Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services. Google has everything from storage, compute, database, big data to AI and everything in between. I am often asked how do I get started with Google Cloud. In this… Continue Reading →
Introduction This article discusses Google Cloud Run cold starts, what they are and how to avoid cold starts. What is Cold Start? Cloud Run is a stateless HTTP serverless container service that provides on-demand services that autoscales to zero instances…. Continue Reading →
Introduction This article is about how to upload files to Compute Engine fronted by a Google HTTP Load Balancer and how to diagnose and correct file upload timeouts. The result is a better understanding of how to configure the Google… Continue Reading →
Google Cloud Shell CLI Written in Go This is a placeholder until I write this article. I have published the source code on GitHub. Note: This program is written for Windows. I have not yet ported it to Linux or… Continue Reading →
Introduction This article shows how to serve files with Google Cloud Run. There are a few reasons to use Cloud Run instead of Google Cloud Storage. To learn how to deploy a simple file sharing service using Cloud Run. To… Continue Reading →