Manage Google Maps API keys with the Google Cloud SDK (gcloud)

To manage cloud infrastructure I’m a huge fan of Terraform. Unfortunately I noticed that it’s not possible to use Terraform for managing API Keys for Google Maps (and other services). After some digging I found that the alpha version of the Google Cloud SDK has support for it. Commands available in the stable gcloud release: …

Today I Learned, the Google Cloud Platform / Terraform Edition

🌍 This week I’ve been goofing around with Google Cloud Platform and Terraform to manage it. I’ve learned quite a few things, that might be of help to others, so here goes … IAM for SA vs. IAM for Projects There’s a difference between IAM policy for service account (google_service_account_iam) and IAM policy for projects …

Google Cloud Platform Terraform Recipes

At work we’ve recently started to use Terraform to manage the cloud infrastructure of our clients. During my initial research on how to set up a Cloud SQL instance using Terraform, I stumbled upon the “Terraform Google Modules” organization (unaffiliated to Google). They provide several Terraform modules in order to easily create: A Kubernetes Engine …