This page describes how to create a VPN gateway or a peer gateway resource.
VPN gateways provide secure connectivity between multiple sites, such as between on-premises data centers and cloud environments. There are two gateway components to configure for Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped VPN:
- A VPN gateway in GDC.
- Your peer VPN gateway. This is a physical VPN gateway device or software application in the peer network to which the VPN gateway connects. The peer gateway can either be an on-premises VPN gateway or one hosted by another cloud provider.
Before you begin
To manage or view VPN resources from the GDC console, you must have the necessary identity and access roles:
- VPN Admin: has read and write permissions on all VPN-related resources. Ask your Organization IAM Admin to grant you the VPN Admin (
vpn-admin
) role. - VPN Viewer: has read permissions on all VPN-related resources. Ask your Organization IAM Admin to grant you the VPN Viewer (
vpn-viewer
) role. - For more information, see Role definitions.
Create a VPN gateway
To create a VPN gateway, follow these steps:
Specify an interface name on the gateway to represent the IP address. When the gateway is created an external IPv4 address is automatically allocated. Create the VPN gateway object in the platform namespace:
kubectl --kubeconfig
MANAGEMENT_API_SERVER create -n platform -f - <<EOF apiVersion: networking.gdc.goog/v1 kind: VPNGateway metadata: name:VPN_GW_NAME spec: interfaces: - name:VPN_INTERFACE_NAME EOFReplace the following:
MANAGEMENT_API_SERVER
: the zonal API server's kubeconfig path. If you have not yet generated a kubeconfig file for the API server in your targeted zone, see Sign in for details.VPN_GW_NAME
: the name of the VPN gateway object. For example,vpngateway
.VPN_INTERFACE_NAME
: the name of the VPN interface. For example,interface0
.
Verify that the
VPN_GW_NAME
object was correctly reconciled by examining theStatus
field. Get the details for the VPN gateway object:kubectl --kubeconfig
MANAGEMENT_API_SERVER describe -n platform vpngatewayVPN_GW_NAME Examine the output, it must look similar to the following example:
status: conditions: - lastTransitionTime: "2024-05-10T00:12:58Z" message: All interfaces are assigned an IP. observedGeneration: 1 reason: Ready status: "True" type: IPsAssigned - lastTransitionTime: "2024-05-10T00:12:36Z" message: Condition "TunnelsAttached" is not ready. observedGeneration: 1 reason: NotReady status: "False" type: Ready - lastTransitionTime: "2024-05-10T00:12:36Z" message: 'At least one interface is not attached to any VPNTunnel: ["interface0"]' observedGeneration: 1 reason: NoTunnelAttached status: "False" type: TunnelsAttached interfaces: - ip: 10.252.218.240 name: interface0
The VPNGateway
object must be attached to a VPNTunnel
. We handle this step in Create a VPN Tunnel.
Create a peer VPN gateway
Create a peer VPN gateway by creating a PeerGateway
object in the Management API server. The PeerGateway
object represents a remote VPN endpoint. An interface
on a PeerGateway
object is used by a VPN tunnel to establish an
encrypted tunnel to the remote site. To create a peer VPN gateway, follow these steps:
Specify an interface name and the static external IPv4 address of your peer VPN gateway. Create the
PeerGateway
object must be created in the platform namespace:kubectl --kubeconfig
MANAGEMENT_API_SERVER create -n platform -f - <<EOF apiVersion: networking.gdc.goog/v1 kind: PeerGateway metadata: name:PEER_GW_NAME spec: interfaces: - name:PEER_INTERFACE_NAME ip:PEER_INTERFACE_IP EOFReplace the following:
PEER_GW_NAME
: the name of the peer VPN gateway. For example,peergateway
.PEER_INTERFACE_NAME
: the name of the peer interface. For example,interface0
.PEER_INTERFACE_IP
: the static external IPv4 address of your peer VPN gateway.
Verify that the
PEER_GW_NAME
object was correctly reconciled by examining theStatus
field.Get the details for the peer VPN gateway object:
kubectl --kubeconfig
MANAGEMENT_API_SERVER describe -n platform peergatewayPEER_GW_NAME Examine the output, it must look similar to the following example:
Status: Conditions: Last Transition Time: 2024-05-10T00:15:25Z Message: Condition "TunnelsAttached" is not ready. Observed Generation: 1 Reason: NotReady Status: False Type: Ready Last Transition Time: 2024-05-10T00:20:45Z Message: Ready Observed Generation: 1 Reason: Ready Status: True Type: ValidGatewayIPs Last Transition Time: 2024-05-10T00:15:25Z Message: At least one interface is not attached to any VPNTunnel: ["interface0"] Observed Generation: 1 Reason: NoTunnelAttached Status: False Type: TunnelsAttached
The
PeerGateway
object must be referenced by aVPNTunnel
. We handle this step in Create a VPN Tunnel.