Story Tag: google-cloud

Stories Tag: google-cloud

Gotcha of cheaper e2-medium VMs at Google Cloud | by Kote Isaev | Nov, 2021 | Medium

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When you got a task to reduce monthly cost of a web app, you may scroll across the GCP machine type monthly pricing, and stare at something like this: e2-medium — 2 cores, 4 GB RAM in the machine types dropdown. But don’t jump into boat without checking it for the holes. The hole of this e2-medium machine type (and whole e2-series in general) is…

Why is Google Cloud’s Workload Identity a better authentication method for your GKE applications? | by Arun Ananthampalayam | Oct,...

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To better understand Workload Identity, let’s look at your various authentication options for apps running on GKE. Before Workload Identity, there were two primary methods for authenticating GKE workloads to Google Cloud APIs: Storing service account keys as Kubernetes secrets, or using the node’s IAM service account. Both of these approaches have drawbacks in terms of ease of management and security. Service account keys as…

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot | by Thiago P. Martinez | Nuvem Tecnologia | Aug, 2021 | Medium

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O Autopilot é um novo modo de operação no Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) projetado para reduzir o custo operacional de gerenciamento de clusters, otimizar seus clusters para produção e produzir maior disponibilidade de cargas de trabalho. Com o Autopilot, não é mais necessário monitorar a integridade dos nós ou calcular a quantidade de capacidade de computação necessária para suas cargas de trabalho. Você paga apenas…

How to Restore From GKE Persistent Disk Snapshot? | by Neil S. | Jul, 2021 | FAUN

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This is a continuation of a previous article which I wrote on How to take backup of PVCs in Google Kubernetes Engine. PART 1 https://faun.pub/how-to-take-backup-of-pvc-in-google-kubernetes-engine-122173b4a05c In this article, we’ll dive into how to restore it in a new persistent volume and volume claim. We will create a disk in the same region where the Kubernetes cluster exists. Select the type of disk as Standard Persistent…

Introducing Ohana, an internal kubernetes management platform | by Andy Kahn | Jul, 2021 | Medium

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The problemAs organizations of all sizes move towards a Kubernetes container orchestration strategy, the question arises: how to give engineers access to create their own clusters and namespaces, without giving them full access to the cloud dashboard, with the obvious security and cost risks associated? Many organizations solve this problem by building out an internal platform — an abstraction layer that enables “self-service” from engineers…

Gotta catch ’em all: A Pokemon Go story and a skill badge | by Qwiklabs | Jun, 2021 | Medium

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Google Cloud got the ultimate test when its customer Niantic released 200 Pokémon, and the entire world had to catch ’em all. Engineers at Google and Niantic prepared for traffic five times beyond expectations at launch. Instead, they dealt with traffic 50 times beyond expectations! Pokémon GO uses over a dozen services across Google Cloud. And it is the largest Kubernetes deployment ever on Google…

Save Money With GCP !!. Cost optimization is about more than… | by Qwiklabs | May, 2021 | Medium

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Cost optimization is about more than saving money — it’s about maximizing the return on what you’re spending. In any business, cost optimization is an essential practice. The primary objective of cost optimization is reducing expenses and bringing discipline to company’s spending. Getting the best pricing on all business purchases, especially services is vital to manage the expenses and increasing the profit. All the businesses…

Scale Out and Update a Containerized Application on a Kubernetes Cluster | by Mayank Chourasia | May, 2021 | Medium

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This article will go through the lab to Scale-Out and Update a Containerized Application on a Kubernetes Cluster. This lab is similar to Build and Deploy a Docker Image to a Kubernetes Cluster. The challenge contains 4 required tasks. You are taking over ownership of a test environment and have been given an updated version of a containerized test application to deploy. Your systems’ architecture…

Kubernetes | Deploying on Google Cloud | by Orhan Örs | May, 2021 | Medium

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— — — — — — — — — — — — ❗If deployment gives 403 error when deploying, change the “Service account user role” part with some roles from side permission bar Check terminal if you have travis, if don’t install it. Generate or get your personal github token from github under settings. and This encrypt command will output something like; openssl aes-256-cbc -K…

Optimize Costs for Google Kubernetes Engine: Challenge Lab | by Mayank Chourasia | Mar, 2021 | Medium

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In this article, we will go through the lab to Optimize Costs for Google Kubernetes Engine: Challenge Lab. In the previous, lab you will get familiar with Managing a GKE Multi-tenant Cluster with Namespaces, Exploring Cost-optimization for GKE Virtual Machines, Understanding and Combining GKE Autoscaling Strategies, and GKE Workload Optimization The challenge contains 4 required tasks Here are some guidelines you’ve been requested to follow…