Concepts

Core VPN concepts

• Choosing a Network Connectivity product

  Describes the different types of network connections between your peer location and Google Cloud, including VPN.

• Best practices for Cloud VPN

  Best practices to use when planning for and configuring Cloud VPN.

• Key terms

  Lists key terms that apply to Cloud VPN.

• Cloud VPN overview

  Describes how Cloud VPN securely connects your peer network to your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network through an IPsec VPN connection.

• Cloud VPN topologies

  Describes topologies from HA VPN to one or more on-premises VPN gateways or between two Cloud VPN gateways.

• Networks and tunnel routing

  Describes recommended types of VPC networks to use with Cloud VPN and how static and dynamic (BGP) routing are supported.

• Classic VPN topologies (deprecated)

  Describes the different topologies that Classic VPN supports, including topologies from Classic VPN to on-premises VPN gateways, and options to load balance gateways and increase throughput.

Advanced configurations

• Advanced VPN overview

  Describes the advanced configuration details necessary to configure high availability, high throughput, or multiple subnet VPN scenarios.

• Order of routes

  Describes how custom routes with next hops of Cloud VPN tunnels work in Google Cloud.

• Supported IKE ciphers

  Lists IKE v1 and v2 ciphers supported by Cloud VPN.

• MTU considerations

  Describes how to set the maximum transmission unit (MTU) for Cloud VPN.