Tag: Google Cloud SQL

How to Connect from Cloud Functions to the Private IP Address of Cloud SQL in Google Cloud

Cloud functions allow you to run single-purpose functions without having to manage instances in Google Cloud. Cloud SQL is Google Cloud’s managed SQL service. For better security, it’s best practice to disable public IP in Cloud SQL. In terraform, the…

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Google Cloud (GC) Cloud SQL Disaster Recovery

This blog post describes how to enable roll-your-own Disaster Recovery in GCP Cloud SQL. This process is automated and will save money. However, recovery is manual. Introduction One of the benefits of using the cloud is the ability to track…

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Getting started with Cloud SQL for SQL Server

Finally Cloud SQL for SQL Server is now available in beta. Announced at Google Next ‘19, Cloud SQL Server is a managed database service that makes it easy to set up, maintain, manage, and administer your SQL Server databases on…

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Replicating in Google Cloud SQL using Tungsten

While investigating alternatives to migrate to Google Cloud SQL, I encountered a lack of support for external masters. However, it’s possible to overcome this limitation by replicating into Google Cloud SQL using Tungsten replicator. Cloud SQL is Google’s database-as-a-service solution,…

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