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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 You have a Debian instance running in Google Cloud Compute Engine. You connect to this instance via SSH. One day you decide to enable the UFW firewall and your SSH connection drops. You cannot reconnect. Problem Enabling the UFW firewall… Continue Reading →
In Google Cloud I often use Debian 9 Stretch for my test instances. Today I was wondering if this OS automatically resizes the root file system if I resize the VM instance disk. I also want to see if this… Continue Reading →
Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that issues free SSL certifications. I have used these certificates on web servers, cloud functions, load balancers, and many more. In this article I will show how to obtain an SSL certificate from… Continue Reading →
Note: I have written a newer version of this article that goes much deeper into setting up Google Stackdriver on Compute Engine. Google Compute – Stackdriver Logging – Installation, Setup & Debugging Google Stackdriver is a very good product for… Continue Reading →
I have been testing Google Compute VM instances with custom startup scripts. I wanted to figure out how long my startup scripts were taking to initialize an instance. The VM instance has Debian 9 Stretch as the OS. Knowing the… Continue Reading →