GCP Ghost: Create an Instance Group Since the beginning of the quest, we have had cloud-based site backups, Google Cloud architecture for a low-maintenance and inexpensive test site, plus a working instance template. Now let's ensure instance availability and security.
Google Ghost: Building an Instance I publish journal notes of my cost-effective blog engineering challenge. This time I'll walk you through the cornerstone of my design - compute instance. Bear with me for a few
Certification Google Cloud Certified: Done! This post is straight and clear brag about myself. Last week I passed one of the most challenging exams I've ever had - Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect! The
OCI OCI: Firewall on Ubuntu 20.04 If you have created a load balancer and can't reach your backend servers, check a target firewall configuration, especially if you run Ubuntu.
Keycloack Keycloack: configure frontend URL It's turned out that my free tier VMs are powerful enough to run a standalone Keycloack [https://www.keycloack.org/]server. I'm not a big fan of the direct instance
GCP Absolutely insane billing from Google Cloud Platform! Google Cloud Platform (aka GCP) has the most insane approach to charging that I've ever seen. I haven't experienced this with any other cloud service provider such as Amazon Web
OCI How Oracle Cloud helps you save on Oracle Cloud The recent Ahmed's post on OCI client installation gave me an idea to post this piece. My Oracle Cloud trial has ended, and I have no other option but to be more budget aware. The most apparent recipe is quite similar to the basic household rule: "Turn the lights off when you leave the room."
Oracle Always free ... to go There were a lot of talks about how the Oracle's "NextGen" Cloud is better than all the other public cloud providers and how Oracle stands out among all the other vendors with always free offerings.
Cloud Article: Compute Cloud Performance Showdown My article titled Compute Cloud Performance Showdown was just published in the latest issue of UKOUG PTK [https://ukoug.org/page/ptk]. PTK, which stands for Pass The Knowledge, was
