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Vault High Availability on GKE
By Ami MahloofDec 17, 201916 min read

Vault High Availability on GKE

Managing secrets natively in Kubernetes is not a secure option. Secrets in Kubernetes is just a base64 encoded plain text that can be consumed in a running pod.

Launching Google Kubernetes Engine clusters using AWS CloudFormation
By Aviv LauferDec 5, 20192 min read

Launching Google Kubernetes Engine clusters using AWS CloudFormation

Can Two walk together, except they be agreed? [Amos 3:3] Last week Amazon announced third-party resource support for AWS CloudFormation.

No More Free External IPs on Google Cloud. How Much Will it Cost You?
By Nir ForerDec 2, 20193 min read

No More Free External IPs on Google Cloud. How Much Will it Cost You?

Recently, Google announced that as of 2020 it will increase the prices of Google Compute Engine VMs that use external IPv4 addresses. Run this script to estimate future costs for your machines.

Programming an Autonomous Car with TensorFlow
By Gad BenramNov 25, 20194 min read

Programming an Autonomous Car with TensorFlow

AWS released an awesome tool to teach Reinforcement Learning to beginners, but only exposed a limited interface for controlling it. We’ve hacked it and turned it into a Deep Q-Learning Raging Bull, compatible with OpenAI Gym and powered by TensorFlow.

DoiT International Announces over $100 Million Investment by Charlesbank
By Vadim SoloveyNov 1, 20193 min read

DoiT International Announces over $100 Million Investment by Charlesbank

BOSTON, Nov. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DoiT International (“DoiT” or the “Company”), a leading provider of proprietary public cloud optimization and operations software and public cloud expertise, today announced that Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund, a fund managed by Charlesbank Capital Partners, along with affiliated investors, has invested over $100 million in the Company.

‘eksctl’ Stuck on Waiting for Nodes to Join the Cluster
By Vladik KhononovOct 23, 20192 min read

‘eksctl’ Stuck on Waiting for Nodes to Join the Cluster

Many of our customers who have tried to create a Kubernetes cluster encountered this error message without specific logs that may help them understand what went wrong. This is how we usually solve it.

Kubernetes GKE Workload Identity
By Ami MahloofOct 11, 20193 min read

Kubernetes GKE Workload Identity

Often you want to configure your Kubernetes services to use a specific Google service account (much like kube2iam project).

Hacking Google Cloud Run
By Aviv LauferOct 2, 20193 min read

Hacking Google Cloud Run

Opinionated take on how to use Google Cloud Run for functions that take longer than 10–15 minutes

Snitching on expensive Google BigQuery queries
By Vadim SoloveySep 24, 20192 min read

Snitching on expensive Google BigQuery queries

Get visibility into queries that might require some (cost) optimization and user training on how (not) to run queries on Google BigQuery.

Codeless ML with TensorFlow and AI Platform
By Gad BenramJul 2, 20193 min read

Codeless ML with TensorFlow and AI Platform

Advances in AI frameworks enable developers to create and deploy deep learning models with as little effort as clicking a few buttons on the screen. Using a UI or an API based on Tensorflow Estimators, models can be built and served without writing a single line of machine learning code.

Identifying orphaned firewall rules on Google Cloud
By Ami MahloofJun 25, 20193 min read

Identifying orphaned firewall rules on Google Cloud

If you have large enough deployment on Google Cloud using shared VPC, it’s often easy to lose track of firewall rules applicable to your environment. Here is how I’ve solved the orphaned firewall rules problem.

Taking Google Cloud Run for a spin
By Aviv LauferJun 16, 20193 min read

Taking Google Cloud Run for a spin

At Google Next 2019 conference in San Francisco, Google announced that Cloud Run has moved into Beta, so I’ve felt this is a good time to test it on some real-world application.