IAP Desktop 2.11
Yesterday I released version 2.11 of IAP Desktop. This new version introduces multi-display support and more. Read more »
Compute Engine feature flags controlled by metadata
When you create a VM instance on Google Cloud, you can optionally specify instance metadata. Instance metadata is a list of key/value pairs and the most common use case for using metadata is passing a startup or shutdown script to a VM. But startup and shutdown scripts are not the only platform features that rely on metadata. Read more »
Using PowerShell in Cloud Shell
One of the less well known features of Google Cloud Shell is that it has PowerShell preinstalled. All it takes to convert your Cloud Shell session into a PowerShell session is to run a single command. Read more »
How IAP Desktop protects TCP tunnels
In the last post, we looked at the risks of using local port forwarding and how it’s difficult to protect TCP tunnels in a multi-user environment. In this post, we take a look at how IAP Desktop protects its tunnels. Read more »
Hijacking other user’s TCP tunnels
If you are a frequent SSH user, then you’ll be familiar with local port forwarding. Creating tunnels by using local port forwarding is useful, easy, but also not without risks. Read more »
Using gcloud in Azure Pipelines
Using Azure Pipelines to deploy Cloud Run applications has recently become a lot easier. Read more »
IAP Desktop 2.10
On Tuesday, I released version 2.10 of IAP Desktop, introducing proxy auto-configuration support, better AppLocker compatibility and more. Read more »
Onboarding workforce identities to Google Cloud
In a company’s journey to the cloud, one of the topics that is important to sort out early is identity management. To do anything meaningful with Google Cloud, employees need to be able to sign in to the Cloud Console – but manually creating user accounts for each employee is rarely a good idea. Read more »
Raising PropertyChanged events with the help of a LINQ expression
If you have done any modern GUI development on .NET, then you are probably familiar with the INotifyPropertyChanged interface and the joys of implementing that interface.
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How do I know when my VM is ready to connect
When you automatically provision VM instances, you might need to know when the initialization has completed so that you can connect to the VM or initiate the next deployment steps. There are a few ways to determine when a VM is ready, so let us explore what these are. Read more »