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Cloud NAT and Private Egress

Configure Cloud NAT for private VM egress and verify internet access from a VM with no external IP.

45 minutes
cloud/gcp
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Lab Overview

Learn how to provide internet access to private VM instances using Cloud NAT. Build a custom VPC with a private subnet, create a Cloud Router and NAT gateway, deploy a VM without an external IP address, and verify egress works through the NAT gateway. This lab reinforces the networking concepts needed for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam.

You will use Cloud NAT, Cloud Router, firewall rules, and IAP tunneling to secure private instances while keeping them functional.

What You'll Learn

Configure a Cloud Router and Cloud NAT gateway

Deploy a VM without an external IP address

Verify private egress through Cloud NAT

Use IAP to SSH into a private VM

Understand Cloud NAT's role in secure network design

Prerequisites

Basic command line familiarity

Basic networking concepts (subnets, NAT, firewalls)

Familiarity with gcloud CLI

Technologies Covered

gcpcloud-natnetworkingprivate-egresscloud-routerassociate-cloud-engineer

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer course

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