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This step requires me to point a domain name to the load balancer endpoint that we created in the last step. The Domain Name Service (DNS) is the phonebook of the internet. It allows for person-friendly domain names to be translated, and traffic routed towards, the actual name of an online resource: its IP address. … Read more
The step of the challenge requires that the URL pointing to my resume should use HTTPS for security. I should do this via Cloud Load Balancer, and ensure that the site uses Cloud CDN for caching purposes. There are a few terms to unpack there, so let’s take them one at a time: HTTPS – … Read more
In this step of the challenge, I’m required to host the newly minted resume online, specifically by using Google Cloud Storage. Cloud Storage doesn’t keep data in a file & folder hierarchy (ie file storage), or as chunks on a disk (block storage.) Rather, data is stored as objects in a packaged format, whereby the … Read more
Last time we completed step 2 of the Cloud Resume Challenge; building a resume out of HTML. Here, I’m going to begin the important process of making it not look like garbage, with CSS! CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. While HTML tells a browser how a page is structured, CSS tells it how the … Read more
We’re looking this time at step 2 of the Cloud Resume Challenge: HTML. As I mentioned in my intro post, I’ve been making websites for a long time and I’m pretty comfortable and familiar with HTML. I’ve never used it to build a resume though so let’s see how we do! For the uninitiated, HTML … Read more
As I detailed in my last post I’m doing the Cloud Resume challenge to help me skill up on all things Cloud while I’m on a lovely long career break. I was super excited to realise that the first step of the challenge was to study for and pass Google’s Cloud Digital Leader certification, mainly … Read more
Hey, I’m Chris and I’m learning Google Cloud Platform. Most of my career has been spent as an online advertising specialist, mainly involving the Google Ads (fka AdWords) platform and the related measurement and tracking systems. I spent the last 11 years working at Google, helping large agency & client partners get the most out … Read more