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Terraform: Deploy Application Load Balancer on AWS

Posted by By Mike Goh June 21, 2022Posted inDevelopers Technical TutorialsTags: Cloud, Coding, DevOpsNo Comments

Introduction In the first Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tutorial using Terraform, we explored how to install the CLI and launch an EC2 instance with external input variables. The Terraform CLI version was v0.12.29 then, but the latest version at the…

Track Laptop Asset Handover using Google Apps Script

Posted by By Mike Goh September 13, 2021Posted inDevelopers Technical TutorialsTags: Cloud, CodingNo Comments

Introduction We use Google Apps Script because some companies use Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) for their day-to-day work, and it cost nothing to set up as there is no hosting and annual maintenance fees. The authentication is seamless as…

Create Helpdesk Ticketing System with Google Apps Script

Posted by By Mike Goh October 13, 2020Posted inDevelopers Technical TutorialsTags: Cloud, Coding2 Comments

Introduction When a business expands with increased headcounts, there will be more incoming IT helpdesk requests from its employees. There will always be this period of time where the single IT staff will have to answer phone calls, reply to…

Learn Infrastructure as Code Terraform to Provision & Manage Cloud

Posted by By Mike Goh August 13, 2020Posted inDevelopers Technical TutorialsTags: Cloud, DevOpsNo Comments

Introduction This is the fourth and final "Infrastructure as Code" article from my DevOps learning journey. Previously, I had wrote about Docker, Ansible and Docker Swarm. Today, I am going to introduce Terraform, an open-source 'Infrastructure Provisioning' tool created by…

Using Form Responses to Update Spreadsheet – Google Apps Script

Posted by By Mike Goh July 15, 2020Posted inDevelopers Technical TutorialsTags: Cloud, CodingNo Comments

Introduction I have been using Google Drive to create various docs and spreadsheets to store my notes for the past 10 years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my company had embarked on a few digitization projects and one of them…

Which Cloud Providers for Cheapest On-demand Pay-as-you-go Hourly Prices

Posted by By Mike Goh May 2, 2020Posted inSoftware and Web Services ReviewsTags: Cloud, ServersNo Comments

I never had to buy any on-demand virtual machines (VMs) for my app development. This is because I am always subscribed to 2-3 Virtual Private Server (VPS) on yearly plans from lesser-known host providers which is cheaper than the usual…

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Create Helpdesk Ticketing System with Google Apps Script

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