āÆ Guillaume Laforge

Gce

Scaling a Swagger-based web API on Google Cloud Endpoints

I had the pleasure of presenting at theĀ Nordic APIs Platform Summit 2016Ā in Stockholm this week. I enjoyed the conference a lot, with great speakers and content, flawless organization, and nice interactions with the audience. For the last keynote of the conference, I had the chance to present aboutĀ Google Cloud Endpoints, Google’s take on API management. I worked on a little “pancake”-powered demo, deploying aĀ RatpackĀ application, in a Docker container, onĀ Google Container Engine. Read more...

IP filtering access to your VMs on Google Cloud

How do you filter access to your VMs on Google Cloud Platform? During a discussion with a customer, I was asked this question: only certain IP addresses or a range of IP addresses should have access to a particular VM. Let’s see that in action! Let’s assume you already have an account on Google Cloud Platform, but if you don’t, don’t miss theĀ $300 credits for a free trial! I created a new project, then navigated to the Compute Engine section to create a new VM instance. Read more...