Author: Ian Brown

  • Posted on High Velocity Migrations with GCVE and HCX

    High Velocity Migrations with GCVE and HCX

    This month we delve into migrating VM's from on-premise to GCVE at speed using HCX appliances and network extensions.

  • Posted on Infrastructure as Code with Terraform in GCVE

    Infrastructure as Code with Terraform in GCVE

    This month we look at how to use Terraform to creating, update and destroy resources within GCVE...

  • Posted on GCVE Backup and Disaster Recovery

    GCVE Backup and Disaster Recovery

    This month we look at how to use Site Recovery Manager and Google Backup & Protect to perform DR to the cloud, and within the cloud...

  • Posted on GCVE Advanced Auto-Scaling

    GCVE Advanced Auto-Scaling

    This month, we will look at how to configure advanced auto-scaling on our new GCVE cluster.

  • Posted on Introduction to GCVE

    Introduction to GCVE

    In this post, we will be taking a high level look at Google Cloud VMware Engine, or GCVE for short.

  • Posted on NGINX Ingress Controller in GKE

    NGINX Ingress Controller in GKE

    This tutorial is part of a series I am creating on creating, running and managing Kubernetes on GCP the way I do in my day job. In this episode, we are covering how to setup a nginx ingress controller to handle incoming requests. Note There may be some things I have skimmed over, if so or you see a glaring hole in my configuration...

  • Posted on Kubenetes Basic Setup

    Kubenetes Basic Setup

    This tutorial is part of a series I am creating on creating, running and managing Kubernetes on GCP the way I do in my day job. Note There may be some things I have skimmed over, if so or you see a glaring hole in my configuration, please drop me a line via the contact page linked at the top of the site...

  • Posted on Kubernetes Secrets Security

    Kubernetes Secrets Security

    I was always of the belief that secrets within Kubernetes (k8s) are secure. How wrong I was! After a recent meetup featuring a Google security expert, I discovered that the secrets I have in our k8s cluster are no more secure than writing them down on paper and leaving it on a park bench. Google...

  • Posted on Dynamic DNS with Google Cloud DNS

    Dynamic DNS with Google Cloud DNS

    Dynamic DNS with Google Cloud Platform is much simpler than it seems. Join me on this journey of ensuring that my ownCloud server is always accessible using a Google Cloud DNS A record. NOTE I have updated this tutorial and the supporting code to Python 3.9. All requirements are also updated to the current latest...

  • Posted on SSL Certificate with Let's Encrypt on Linux

    SSL Certificate with Let's Encrypt on Linux

    Introduction This is a really quick tutorial on how to add a free Let’s Encrypt certificate to your Debian 10 machine running in any environment. Pre-requisites Before starting this process, ensure you have the following available Access to the root account or sudo access A domain name that you own and have control over the...