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Optimising Compute Engine Cost by Scheduling VMs
CLOUD COST OPTIMIZATION

Optimising Compute Engine Cost by Scheduling VMs

Google Cloud’s most widely used service is Compute Engine, which is an Infrastructure as a Service offering provided by Google Cloud Platform. It is a general-purpose, flexible, highly scalable virtual machine. There are many types and sizes of compute engines.  Compute Engine offers a wide range of options from general purpose machines to resource-specific optimised […]

Sneha FarkyaSneha Farkya·October 31, 2022·8 mins
How to Create and Manage Custom Roles in GCP
GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM

How to Create and Manage Custom Roles in GCP

In Google Cloud, Identity and Access Management (IAM) allows the administrator to authorize the use of specific resources. With IAM, you can adopt the security principle of least privilege, which gives only the required permissions. You can manage resources by deciding who(identity) and what access(role) can be given to the organization or owner.  A role […]

Sneha FarkyaSneha Farkya·October 07, 2022·8 mins
How to Create and Manage Google Cloud Billing Account
CLOUD BILLING

How to Create and Manage Google Cloud Billing Account

What is a Billing Account in GCP? The first step toward the proper payment of resources for Google Cloud is setting up a billing account and payment profile with the correct permissions. While some Google Cloud services provide free tiers, many services will cost for their usage.  A single Google Cloud Platform billing account can […]

Sneha FarkyaSneha Farkya·September 30, 2022·8 mins
How to Create Storage Buckets on Google Cloud Storage
GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM

How to Create Storage Buckets on Google Cloud Storage

Introduction Google Cloud Storage provides a static storage facility for storing and accessing objects on the Google Cloud Platform. An object is any kind of data, whether it is a file, image, video, etc. This system is infinitely scalable and can handle any size of data you produce. Let’s understand the concept in detail. What […]

Sneha FarkyaSneha Farkya·September 22, 2022·8 mins
How to Reopen a Closed Google Cloud Billing account
CLOUD BILLING

How to Reopen a Closed Google Cloud Billing account

Google Cloud Platform is a suite of services that includes everything from tools and APIs to infrastructure like Compute engine. These services are infrastructures that Google built around the globe across many regions and zones. To access these resources, the user requires an Cloud Billing account.  A cloud billing account is an organization-level resource managed […]

Sneha FarkyaSneha Farkya·September 16, 2022·8 mins
Managing Cloud Costs with Budget and alerts on Google Cloud
CLOUD BILLING

Managing Cloud Costs with Budget and alerts on Google Cloud

Before diving into setting up your budget alerts and limits, you must first know about billing accounts. Customers use the billing account to roll several invoices into one, which is repaid later. Cloud Projects at the highest level make up your billing account. A billing account must be associated with a project that generates costs. […]

Sneha FarkyaSneha Farkya·September 09, 2022·8 mins
Export Google Cloud billing data to CSV – The Easy method
CLOUD BILLING

Export Google Cloud billing data to CSV – The Easy method

To get started with Google Cloud, you need to have a Billing account. A billing account can be associated with multiple projects. All the resources and services that are used in a project are paid by the Billing account linked to that project, in a single currency. If the billing account is not linked, you […]

Sneha FarkyaSneha Farkya·September 01, 2022·8 mins