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Azure AD/Entra ID federation diagram by Gerard Samuel

In my previous article on Google Cloud federation and account provisioning with Microsoft Entra ID, I showed how to get started to configure it. This article constitutes the second part, utilizing SAML authentication to complete the solution. Once you complete the steps here, you will have a secure means of logging into Google Cloud with your Entra ID account.

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Azure AD/Entra ID federation diagram by Gerard Samuel

I wanted to use a single account to log into my Azure and Google Cloud environments and automatically provision “source of truth” accounts from Entra ID to Google Cloud Identity. This article will explain how I configured account provisioning of the identity federation solution between Microsoft Entra ID and Google Cloud Identity.

How to Setup a Proxmox Cluster

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I needed a means of spinning up virtual machines to try out solutions such as Kubernetes or GitLab runners, etc, on a long-term basis. I did not want to incur the cost of running operating systems on Cloud Infrastructure. ESXi was definitely not happening, as Broadcom had muddied the waters at the time. At first, I tried Proxmox, and then I tried Suse Harvester. I contemplated XCP-ng. After weighing what I needed, I settled back to Proxmox VE.