GCE

Terraform: provisioning GCP servers in both public and private subnets


Categories: Linux

It is relatively straightforward to create a GCP public subnet where the compute instances have access to the public internet via the default internet gateway. But once you start building private subnets behind it, you must start considering firewall, routing, and the NAT gateways required to reach public services. In this article, I will use … Terraform: provisioning GCP servers in both public and private subnets

Terraform: invoking a startup script for a GCE google_compute_instance


Categories: Virtualization

You can bake a startup script directly into the creation of your GCE compute instance when using Terraform.  Although complex post-configuration should be left to tools such as Ansible, essential bootstrap type commands or custom routes for instances in private subnets are reasons why you might need to use this hook. Below is an example … Terraform: invoking a startup script for a GCE google_compute_instance