Networking overview

Connect your networks and workloads, load balance traffic, and secure your network.

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Explore networking in Google Cloud

Read documentation and Cloud Architecture Center articles about networking products, capabilities, and procedures.

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) overview

Deploy and connect resources in a virtual version of a physical network.

Choosing a Network Connectivity product

Choose how to connect your other networks to Google Cloud.

Choose a load balancer

Choose a load balancer for your workload.

Network Intelligence Center

Observe, monitor, and troubleshoot your Google Cloud network and project resources using a single console.

Networking planning resources

Plan your networking approach with resources across a variety of networking topics.open_in_new

Reference architectures for VPC design

Planning guide for cloud network architects and system architects familiar with Google Cloud networking concepts.

Hybrid and multicloud planning resources

Planning resources across a wide variety of hybrid and multicloud subjects.open_in_new

Training, blog articles, and more

Go to training courses, blog articles, and other related resources.

Networking news, updates, and best practices

View news, updates, and best practices for Google Cloud networking products and services.open_in_new

Network engineer learning path

Study configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting network components of your cloud-based infrastructure.open_in_new

Network engineer certification

Get certified as a Google Cloud network engineer.open_in_new

Networking products by use case

Expand sections or use the filter to find products and guides for typical use cases.

Connectivity

Set up your Virtual Private Cloud network and connect it to your other networks.

Core networking

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Scale and control how workloads connect regionally and globally.

Private Service Connect

Access managed services, including Google APIs and services, privately from consumer VPC networks. Host managed services in producer VPC networks.

Cloud NAT

Initiate outbound connections to the internet or to other VPC networks from VM instances and other resources.

Network Service Tiers

Optimize connectivity between systems on the internet and your Google Cloud instances.

Hybrid networking

Network Connectivity Center

Connect and manage your networks with a hub-and-spoke architecture, transfer data between your sites, and create VPC spokes to connect VPC networks.

Cloud VPN

Securely connect your peer network to Google's network through an IPsec VPN tunnel or connect two VPCs together by connecting two Cloud VPN gateways.

Cloud Interconnect

Connect your VPC networks and your other networks with low-latency, high-availability connections.

Cloud Router

Dynamically exchange routes between your VPC network and a peered networking using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).

Scalability

Make your services available at scale to your internal or external customers.

Core services

Cloud DNS

Scale, create, and update millions of DNS records reliably from anywhere in the world with Google’s anycast name servers.

Cloud Load Balancing

Respond instantaneously to changes in user traffic load, network conditions, and backend health by diverting traffic to other regions in the world.

Service Extensions

Enable programmability and extensibility at the edge and on load balancing data paths. Extends Google Cloud edge applications.

Cloud Domains

CDN

Media CDN

Deliver high-throughput egress workloads, such as streaming video and large file downloads. Complements Cloud CDN.

Cloud CDN

Accelerate delivery of regularly accessed static content by caching it closer to your users. Cloud CDN serves a mix of static and dynamic latency-sensitive web assets.

CDN Interconnect

Establish direct peering links with Google's edge network at various locations to direct your traffic from your VPC networks to a provider's network.

Security

Block unauthorized traffic and implement threat prevention and detection services.

Connection and traffic security

Cloud Firewall

Protect your Google Cloud workloads from internal and external attacks by using a fully distributed firewall service with advanced protection capabilities.