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Introduction I am working on two new security certifications for my new year’s resolution. My specialties include security, identity, access management, and networking with a focus on hybrid and multi-cloud. For the first quarter, I plan to prepare for and… Continue Reading →
This article discusses how to set up SSH tunnels to run the HashiCorp Nomad CLI remotely from a Windows desktop. I recently built a single node HashiCorp Nomad cluster in dev mode on IBM Cloud. This is a single Virtual… Continue Reading →
I am currently involved in a project building a medium scale Docker Swarm cluster. This cluster comprises both Linux and Windows worker nodes. This article is about how to provision a Windows Server 2019 Standard Version 1809 in IBM Cloud…. Continue Reading →
Introduction Red Hat has several resources to help you get started with OpenShift. This is my second article on Red Hat OpenShift. This article will cover the free test drive for the OpenShift Container Platform. OpenShift® Online is hosted and managed… Continue Reading →
This article is the second in my series about IBM Cloud Kubernetes. This article requires that you have set up your IBM Cloud Kubernetes cluster. See my article IBM Cloud – Getting Started with a Free Kubernetes Cluster In this article,… Continue Reading →
Introduction IBM Cloud has a vast array of services. Over 190 services today. One of those services is Kubernetes. This article shows how to set up a free Kubernetes cluster in IBM Cloud. Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating… Continue Reading →
The following podcast was recorded by Mike Pfeiffer of Cloud Skills. Check out the other podcasts on his site: CloudSkills.fm. Mike has very good industry information within his podcasts. In this episode, I discuss getting started with IBM Cloud, Red Hat OpenShift,… Continue Reading →
Introduction Red Hat has several resources to help you get started with OpenShift. This is my first article on Red Hat OpenShift. This article will cover the free test drive for the OpenShift Container Platform. The Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform test… Continue Reading →
Introduction IBM Cloud offers three types of accounts: Lite, Pay-As-You-Go and Subscription. This article will detail creating a Lite account. This account type does not require a credit card and guarantees zero cost (link). This account type never expires. IBM… Continue Reading →
Introduction This is part 2 of my series on IBM Cloud – Provisioning a Cloud Server. In this part, we will perform several tasks to improve the virtual server’s security and access. Review hardware firewall options. Lockdown external access by… Continue Reading →
Introduction Today is Saturday, so I decided to write another article about IBM Cloud. Today, I will build an IBM Cloud Virtual Server Instance (VSI) running Ubuntu 18.04. This article is the first part of a series on provisioning virtual… Continue Reading →
Socratica Python Kickstarter Campaign Introduction from Socratica’s Kickstarter Campaign Socratica – a small educational film studio with big dreams. You know us for our high-quality video lessons about math, science, and programming, especially PYTHON. Over the course of five… Continue Reading →
Introduction I was answering a question on StackOverflow. The questioner has implemented Proxy TLS Interception which is very dangerous. I am reposting this thread on my website to share the details of my answer. The Question: how to configure Google… Continue Reading →
Introduction I use SSL certificates for everything. I am constantly creating them for internal systems and cloud services. This includes services such as web servers, SQL servers, anything where you might use a paid SSL certificate, or a self-signed certificate… 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 I watch a lot of training material from all the major education vendors (Pluralsight, Linux Academy, Cloud Academy, A Cloud Guru, and many others). For a long time, I have been wanting to add professional scriptwriting, and professional graphics… Continue Reading →
Introduction I watch a lot of training material from all the major education vendors (Pluralsight, Linux Academy, Cloud Academy, A Cloud Guru, and many others). For a long time, I have been wanting to add professional scriptwriting, professional graphics and… Continue Reading →
Part 1: Introduction For several years, I have wanted to learn more about IBM Cloud. Last week, I was at a Google Presentation (I was one of the speakers) on Google Cloud Run, and IBM Cloud Kubernetes was demonstrated. That… 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 →
Table of Contents Introduction Definitions Example Private & Public Keys OpenSSH Public Keys SSH-2 Public Keys Examining OpenSSH Public Keys Introduction There is a lot of confusion and inaccurate information on the Internet about Key Pairs and Private/Public keys. This… 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 →
Introduction This article will discuss several key features if you are programming for Google Cloud Platform. Key features of this article: Using a service account that has no permissions to read a non-public Cloud Storage object. How to use the… Continue Reading →
Part 1: Introduction Today I decided to learn Go in the next 30 days and document every step of my journey. How well will I know Go in 30 days? That is a difficult question and by logging the steps,… Continue Reading →
Introduction This article describes a missing item from the articles and documentation on Google Cloud Asset Inventory. The item is the header X-Goog-User-Project. I am writing this article to show how I figured this out, so you have another method… Continue Reading →
Introduction Sometimes your Google Cloud Run app needs to communicate with or consume other services. This can be a simple as reading an object in Cloud Storage, sending an email, or connecting to a database. What identity does Cloud Run use?… Continue Reading →
Introduction Google Cloud Run charges you for the resources you use when you use them. No long running compute instances, just on-demand services. There are several components to Cloud Run services. In this article, we will look at each one…. Continue Reading →
Google Experts Program Google has honored me with Google Developers Experts Cloud Platform. I am the twentieth expert in North America. This is a global program to recognize individuals who are experts and thought leaders in one or more Google… Continue Reading →
Starting today, I am copying all of my source code for the articles on this website to GitHub. This will take a week to complete. Today’s article on Cloud Run now has a GitHub repository to make downloads and builds… Continue Reading →
Introduction This article discusses HTTP to HTTPS redirection in software. I will show you one method of server-side redirects in Python 3 and Flask. I will start by analyzing the HTTP headers received by a Cloud Run container application and… Continue Reading →
Introduction This article discusses HTTP to HTTPS redirection as implemented by Google Cloud Run. Today, all websites should deliver traffic over HTTPS. Google Cloud has adopted this policy providing HTTPS for Cloud Run service URLs with automatic redirects from HTTP to… Continue Reading →
Introduction My personal website which covers articles about Google Cloud has been growing both in traffic and content. After I wrote my article Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer Certification, my website lit up with traffic and has continued to grow…. Continue Reading →
Introduction This article covers how to add IPv6 to a load balancer on Google Cloud and create the correct DNS resource records. Google Compute Engine does not support IPv6, so this requires that a Google HTTP Load Balancer (and… Continue Reading →
Introduction On August 15, 2018, Google released the Alpha release of Google Cloud Run. Many of us saw the potential and went to work learning this new platform. Everything serverless gets our attention. Cloud Run is Google’s entry into serverless… Continue Reading →
Introduction Date created: May 7, 2019 Last updated: May 7, 2019 Today I received an email titled “jhanley@www2.jhanley.com has been hacked, change your password ASAP”. The hacker claims to know my login and password, has full control over my account… Continue Reading →
Gmail stats graphic courtesy Google Security Blog Introduction One of the major problems with email is email spam. Spammers impersonate your identity to send emails that appear to be sent from your email server. This is a major problem that… Continue Reading →
For the articles on this site, I often create subdomains for testing. This is neither safe nor secure and a mistake could take down my entire domain. Therefore, I purchased another domain just for testing: jhanley.dev. This article covers purchasing… Continue Reading →
I think that Google has done a nice job creating certification badges. Certify with Google Cloud and G Suite and get your own badges. Google Cloud Certified
Date created: April 17, 2019 Last updated: April 19, 2019 Introduction Redis (REmote DIctionary Server) is one of the most popular databases in the world. Redis is a Key Value dictionary. Google Cloud Memorystore is Google’s managed service for Redis…. Continue Reading →
Today I took the Associate Cloud Engineer exam and passed. The exam was medium difficult. However, I took this exam for granted and I did not study or prepare at all. This exam is not a “walk in the park”…. Continue Reading →
Date created: March 10, 2018 Last updated: September 12, 2019 Google Stackdriver is a very good product for monitoring and logging your compute instances on Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, Alibaba, etc. This article covers Stackdriver logging for Google Compute instances… Continue Reading →
Date created: March 1, 2019 Last updated: March 3, 2019 Note: This article is evolving as I document my deep dive. Contents: Introduction March 1, 2019 – Day #1 – Basics and FAQ March 2, 2019 – Day #2 – Auditing, Alerting & Stackdriver… Continue Reading →
This month I completed two beta Google certification exams (Security, Network) with another exam scheduled for March 11th. In preparing for these exams I realized that it is important to master a number of GCP topics/subjects. These topics become your… Continue Reading →