Researcher at Dig security discovered a critical flaw in Google Cloud Platform's (GCP) database service that could allow attackers to gain access to sensitive data and potentially customer environments. The vulnerability allows for a multi-step process leading to the escalation of initial privileges.. read more  

Google Cloud has launched a new Infrastructure Processing Unit (IPU), offering large VM shapes with less interference for customer workloads and network I/O. The IPU also handles storage chores via Google Cloud's new HyperDisk block storage service, delivering high storage throughput and IOP. The IP.. read more  

Build a serverless Slack bot using Vertex AI generative studio model that can handle multiple processes. Deploy tools that verify webhook postings and use HMAC algorithms. Configure an event webhook and an event subscription. Use the Slack API to fetch conversation history and respond with suitable .. read more  

In the relatively young domain of infrastructure as code, several players are creating new approaches that have the potential to completely transform the way we write and deploy software. Infrastructure code is an umbrella term for the set of practices and tools that apply rigor from the learning do.. read more  

Configuring secure Nginx Ingress Controller with HTTPS, Source IP preservation, and NEG.. read more  

The article guides how to use GCP native services, like Cloud Code, Cloud Build, and Cloud Deploy, to create continuous delivery pipelines from development to production, with features like canary release and Anthos Service Mesh. A use case is available onGithubto experiment with a QA and production.. read more  

Google Cloud Build, a managed CI/CD platform, allows you to create, test, and deploy services on GCP. It offers the ability to set conditional steps based on specific circumstances such as branch filters, and multiple build triggers can be managed with a single build config file in the repository. A.. read more  

Uptime checks are periodic tests to monitor application availability and performance. They proactively detect issues to reduce the length and impact of outages. They are also a fast way to start monitoring availability with zero instrumentation. Google Cloud Monitoring provides flexible uptime check.. read more  

Google Cloud has added a new integration to connect Github Action with Google Cloud Deploy, allowing customers to make Github Action continuous integration/continuous delivery workflows handover to Cloud Deploy, creating a fully managed deployment service with deployment pipelines to enable measurin.. read more  

When conducting performance tests for AlloyDB or any other database, it is important to have clear goals, use appropriate benchmarks, and consider real data and workloads. Factors like dataset size, system configuration, network topology, and enabling features like the columnar engine and index advi.. read more