Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped appliance documentation
Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped appliance includes the GDC air-gapped software onto a
rugged, human-portable device for use outside of data centers. GDC air-gapped appliance scales down
GDC to deploy at node scale, for remote and field operations.
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Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC.
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