Sukanta Maikap
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How to securely load balance cloud functions on GCP using Cloud Armor
This article describes how to set up a secure Google Cloud Platform Load Balancer for any serverless workload. The particular use case under discussion here is the setup of Google Cloud Functions to be called from Contentful's webhook, which does not support OAuth 2.0 at the time of writing this post.
ReadAn overly simplified introduction to Google Deployment Manager. Part 2: Reusable Templates
This post is the second part of the 3 part series on Google Deployment Manager, GCP's Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool. This post builds on the first part of the series and introduces templates for better reusability in Google Deployment Manager.
ReadAn overly simplified introduction to Google Deployment Manager. Part 1: A Simple Configuration
This is the first part of the 3 part series on Google Deployment Manager, GCP's Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool. This post depicts a simplified history of software infrastructure operations' evolution, followed by an introduction to Google Deployment Manager.
ReadHow to connect to a container running in k8s as 'root' user
Step by step guide on how to connect to a container running in Kubernetes as the root user. This is not a requirement and should not be one for a stable system running on Kubernetes. But, during the Kubernetes cluster development, debugging or adding a new service to an existing cluster can be an absolute lifesaver. The ability to connect to a container running on Kubernetes will make debugging a breeze.
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