This post covers a workaround to a common Linux Virtual Private Network (VPN) issue I see with cloud providers. You have a Linux Virtual Machine (VM) on Azure/GCP/AWS, you install a VPN client, configure it and connect to VPN server, all of a sudden you can no longer SSH to VM.
This happens because the VPN tunnel is now the default route, as it should be. If your VPN has port forwarding you can enable that for port 22 and you should be fine. If your VPN doesn’t have port forwarding or you do not want to pay the extra cost then this work around is for you.
Continue readingProject saving on GCP
Needed a server on for about 4 hours a day to do some Google Drive operations, needs to be on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to save on egress. Brushed up on my GCP skills, used GCP preemptive Virtual Machine (VM) Instance, Google Cloud Functions and Google Cloud Scheduler to completed a weekend project in 2 hours. Even had enough time to document it and write this blog page. ENJOY!!