Welcome to my Google Cloud Website!

Install VM:

http://console.developers.google.com

Enable Billing and then Select “My Cloud Project”

Select “Compute” category and “Compute Engine” sub-category

VM Instances – New Instance

Firewall: Allow HTTP
Zone: us-central1-a
Machine Type: Micro
Boot Source:
– New Disk, Delete boot disk: uncheck, Image: Debian 7
– Existing Disk, Delete boot disk: uncheck, Source Disk: instance-1
External IP: New static IP (if new) or select IP (if existing)
Create

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Security / Vulnerability Testing

Since my other websites got hacked/defaced, I am now going to start using this server for security /...

I am Keeping Google Cloud

Because: 1.) I like its fast performance, 2.) it is inexpensive enough at $6.46/mo, 3.) I can gai...

How to Setup Email

Since email is not installed on this server, then must use Gmail's SMTP - see the Email menu option.

Compute Engine in Google Cloud

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Install LAMP in Google Cloud

In minutes, you can bring up a LAMP development stack on Google Compute Engine. With click-to-deploy, you can: Pre-install a full LAMP stack on a Google Compute Engine virtual machine Get started quickly with PHP development By default, the completed ...

Install WordPress in Google Cloud

See the following documentation: - see Install Wordpress on Debian 1 - see Install Wordpress on Debian 2 - see Install Wordpress on Amazon AWS/EC2 - see Install Wordpress on Linux - see Install Wordpress on CentOS - see Install Wordpress on U...

Pros	Cons
Fast	Prop dashboard
Inexpensive	Can't Stop/Restart
SSH Direct	No trial period