Admin vs. User roles in GCP
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Viewing output from startup scripts GCP Compute Engine
Read this post to understand the different ways to pass in a startup script to compute engine (using terraform) To view metadata attributed set on the instance (e.g.…
F5 BigIP configuration Shell Script
It took me forever to get this figured out…hope it saves someone time. Some Tips : The default OS is tmos on an F5 VM. The shell is…
Google Cloud Source and git on windows
Trying to use Google Cloud Source as a git repo, you may encounter an authentication error (in spite of storing your SSH public key correctly with your IAM…
Custom scripts on Compute Instance launch
Option 1 – use the metadata_startup_script file attribute Though simple, the downside of this technique is that the instance is deleted and recreated whenever the script is changed…
Policy Troubleshooter on GCP
Ever tried to create a GCP resource and encounter issues such as missing permissions? Essentially, the ‘default application credentials’ that your code (or that your IAM user) is…
Firewall Rules in GCP via Terraform
Firewall rules are defined at the VPC level (so ignore all the default firewall rules as they only apply to the default VPC). For your custom VPC, to…
Connecting to a Compute Instance using SSH
Some questions you will face when you decided to use Google’s Compute Engine for your VM Instances, include: How will admins access the Compute Instance ? (There are…
GCP Marketplace Images
Custom Appliances are often made available through public marketplace images. To search for an instance from Compute Engine -> Images – you may not find the marketplace images…
Roles, Permissions, IAM in GCP
To see your current Role Assignments (for a human user on a given project) Go to the PROJECT LEVEL. Once a project is selected, type IAM and Admin…