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Author: dclong

misc/content/2022/05/tips-on-gcp/tips-on-gcp.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Status: published
 Date: 2022-05-09 23:39:30
-Modified: 2024-02-27 22:38:17
+Modified: 2025-05-08 15:20:14
 Author: Benjamin Du
 Slug: tips-on-gcp
 Title: Tips on GCP
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/compute-optimized-machines#c2d-high-cpu
 
 https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/compute-optimized-machines#c2d-high-mem
 
+## Google Cloud Shell
+
+- [Using Google Cloud Shell](https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs/using-cloud-shell)
+
 ## Install Google Cloud CLI 
 
 Please refer to
@@ -40,6 +44,22 @@ for instructions.
 gcloud init
 gcloud auth application-default login
 
+## GitHub Actions & GCP
+
+- [actions-runner-controller](https://github.com/actions/actions-runner-controller)
+
+- [Optimizing Costs with GitHub Actions: Dynamically Starting and Stopping Self-Hosted Runner VMs](https://nakamasato.medium.com/optimizing-costs-with-github-actions-self-hosted-runner-dynamically-starting-and-stopping-gcp-vms-c04acb69bdee)
+
+1. You must allow http and https traffic for it to work.
+  For more instructions,
+  pelase refer to
+  [Setup GitHub Actions self-hosted runners on Google Compute Engine Instance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfMzNVtQsVw)
+  .
+
 ## References
 
+- [GCP Compute Engine VM Instances]( https://www.legendu.net/misc/blog/gcp-compute-engine-vm-instances )
+
+- [Tips on BigQuery]( https://www.legendu.net/misc/blog/tips-on-bigquery )
+
 - [Set up Application Default Credentials](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/provide-credentials-adc)

misc/content/2022/10/recommendation-of-credit-card-usage/recommendation-of-credit-card-usage.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Status: published
 Date: 2022-10-09 16:34:06
-Modified: 2025-05-05 07:54:21
+Modified: 2025-05-08 14:36:38
 Author: Benjamin Du
 Slug: recommendation-of-credit-card-usage
 Title: Recommendation of Credit Card Usage
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ Tags: Life, shopping, discount, credit card, coupon, money, finance
 </tbody>
 </table>
 
-- [1]: For flights booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com.
 - [2]: On eligible travel purchases only
 - [3]: Amazon Prime membership is required to enjoy the discount.
 - [4]: Robinhood Gold Card gives you 5% cash back 
@@ -468,8 +467,6 @@ Tags: Life, shopping, discount, credit card, coupon, money, finance
 
 - [Citi-Costco Credit Card Offers](https://online.citi.com/US/ag/citioffersforyou)
 
-- [Amex Auto Purchasing Program](https://global.americanexpress.com/card-benefits/detail/auto-purchase-program/gold?account_key=F9F70B1ECFC6CC21CC84700CE77CAD92)
-
 ## Credit Cards Without Foreign Transaction Fees
 
 - Robinhood Gold Card

misc/content/2023/07/gcp-compute-engine-vm-instances/gcp-compute-engine-vm-instances.ipynb

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+Author: Benjamin Du
+Date: 2023-07-01 17:57:54
+Modified: 2025-05-08 12:15:01
+Title: GCP Compute Engine VM Instances
+Slug: gcp-compute-engine-vm-instances
+Category: Computer Science
+Tags: Computer Science, programming, cloud, GCP, VM, compute engine, spot, Google
+
+**Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!**
+
+## GCP
+
+GCP c2 and c3 VMs are good choices according to performance per price.
+It's even cheaper than customized VM types with reduced memories!
+GCP c2 VMs are compute optimized and are ideal for CPU intensive workloads.
+Note that GCP c2 spot VMs are even cheaper than AWS t2.nano VMs
+if you can stand your VM being preempted.
+
+![gcp-c2-price](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/824507/250313656-891cd99a-c9a0-4004-9158-fd87503c39a6.png)
+
+![gcp-c3-price](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/824507/250313771-b776b124-5503-4aa9-a457-a55452bfdf67.png)
+
+## Create GCP VMs Using Command Line
+
+```
+gcloud compute instances create instance-20240304-20240304-064337 \
+    --project=crested-studio-416206 \
+    --zone=northamerica-northeast1-c \
+    --machine-type=e2-medium \
+    --network-interface=network-tier=PREMIUM,stack-type=IPV4_ONLY,subnet=default \
+    --maintenance-policy=MIGRATE \
+    --provisioning-model=STANDARD \
+    --service-account=170261695503-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com \
+    --scopes=https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform \
+    --tags=https-server,lb-health-check \
+    --create-disk=auto-delete=yes,boot=yes,device-name=instance-20240304-062735,image=projects/ubuntu-os-cloud/global/images/ubuntu-2204-jammy-v20240228,mode=rw,size=10,type=projects/crested-studio-416206/zones/northamerica-northeast1-c/diskTypes/pd-balanced \
+    --no-shielded-secure-boot \
+    --shielded-vtpm \
+    --shielded-integrity-monitoring \
+    --labels=goog-ec-src=vm_add-gcloud \
+    --reservation-affinity=any
+```
+## Query GCP VMs
+
+```
+gcloud compute instances list --format='table(name,status,lastStartTimestamp,lastStopTimestamp.list())'
+```
+
+## Google Cloud Logging
+
+https://console.cloud.google.com/logging
+
+## References
+
+- [Comparison of Popular Cloud Platforms]( https://www.legendu.net/misc/blog/comparison-of-popular-cloud-platforms )
+
+- [GCP - Create a VM with a custom machine type](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/creating-instance-with-custom-machine-type)
+
+- [GCP - Free cloud features and trial offer](https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features#compute)
+
+- [GCP - Choosing the right virtual machine type](https://cloud.google.com/compute#section-6)
+
+- [GCP Product Calculator](https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator)
+
+- [GCP - Compute Engine Pricing](https://cloud.google.com/compute/all-pricing)
+
+