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How to plan a successful migration to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ?

One of the first questions I am asked is how do you get all your stuff into Google Cloud Platform. There are a number of scenarios to consider when planning on moving to the Cloud. Firstly, where is your existing infrastructure? Do you have your own data center, a colocation...

How to migrate a server to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using CloudEndure

Update 08/23 – Note that CloudEndure is now at the end of its life and has been migrated to an AWS Service called AWS Application Migration. Full details can be found here. I will keep this procedure online for nostalgia. Update 09/19 –Since I originally wrote this Article, AWS has bought CloudEndure....

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SSH to GCP Linux instance

The GCP console interface is very useful, but sometimes you may need to directly SSH from your on-premise infrastructure. This is particularly common after you migrate a Linux server from your own premises to GCP, as the Google Daemon, which provides Google Cloud console access, typically will not be installed....