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The null resource in Terraform
The null resource in Terraform is useful for a variety of one off use cases. Using the null resource in Terraform to Guarantee Uniqueness (of identifiers) Null Resource Usefulness 1…
Backup and Restore to Cloud Storage Buckets
Also read - Backup and Restore for Cloud SQL Cloud Storage - Getting Data In For simply inbound transfers, use the Transfer Service. It can run on a schedule. It…
Useful organization level roles in GCP
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Cloud SQL Backups and Restore
Can you backup every 10 minutes (your maximum tolerable data loss)? Yes, up to 10 minutes of data loss, as the db backups ( .bak file in SQL Server) writes…
Azure Data Protection Native Services
Which service in Azure should you use for different types of data protection? Database encryption - SQL TDE and Always Encrypt, built into the SQL Server Engine File encryption -…
Invoicing, Billing, Folder Structures and Payment profiles on GCP
You CAN have multiple payment profiles, although it is recommended to have a SINGLE payment profile at the Org leve multiple payment profiles - not recommended by google (it messes…
Error Reporting on GCP
Also read Logging on GCP Error Reporting on GCP Error reporting is simply another level of cloud logging. The verbosity level of logs is set to Error Notifications Error Dashboard…
Useful Organization Policies in GCP
Also read VPC Service Controls Combined with security command center, org SCPs can provide just about any security guardrail around Projects, Folders, Organizations and Resources within Projects. Service Account and…
Compute Engine and App Engine – Identity Aware Proxy (IAP)
Also read - IAP equivalent on Azure? and Service Controls and IAM - a 2 minute Security Solution on GCP IAP is a combination of Identity (Access Management) and Networking…
Next Gen Firewalls for Cloud Hosted Resources
Also read Azure Firewall versus NSGs and GCP Firewall Policies versus VPC Firewall Rules Traffic Filtering is what Next Gen Firewalls provide ( Palo Alto). Whether you need Next Gen…