Google Cloud Platform

[ecommaster]

Hi all, new to the forum, new to the game but learning tons of new data every day. I will start thanking all the great users for all the information shared on the forum.

I am in the middle of setting up everything needed to start creating/maintaining new accounts and I was wondering if anyone have/has any exp with the Google Cloud Platform.
Compared with the other services, such as VMWare, Azure, etc. is pretty inexpensive, easy to use and got some VMs up and running within minutes.

You can reserve your own IP per VM (static) so that’s a plus. Only downsize I found is looks like (and I haven’t played extensively with it) all static ips are from sanfran area (which makes sense). So if your address is form NYC it might raise some flags. Still, if you’re using a dongle or some sort of over-the-air connection you’re still kinda on the same situation, since I for example if you’re in Miami, FL your chances are your external IP is from Atlanta, GA (big HUB there).

So, going back to my original question, is there anyone using it? Good/Bad? Thanks!

PD: If anyone needs step-by-step on how to set up properly an Ubuntu VM with Gnome let me know and I’ll share it here.

[fox20c]

Go to whoer.net and see what other info it tells you. I know sometimes in the past when PP has seen VPSs coming from AWS they shut them down, dont know if eb/pp would also black list Google services, but something to be cautious about.

[ecommaster]

Well, yes, that was my concern since the ISP listed for all the IPs is "Google Cloud"

[MM78]

Originally Posted by ecommaster

Well, yes, that was my concern since the ISP listed for all the IPs is "Google Cloud"

When in doubt, try it out....Honestly the best way to find out is to jump into it and see if it works, most of us call it, "Doing your own research". I would recommend testing it with a new account or an account with low limits.