Google Cloud networking products
Planet-scale networking for a smart and connected world.
Fast, reliable, secure networking that scales
Google Cloud offers a broad portfolio of networking services built on top of planet-scale infrastructure that leverages automation, advanced AI, and programmability, enabling enterprises to connect, scale, secure, modernize and optimize their infrastructure.
Google Cloud networking services or technologies
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Connect |
Hybrid Connectivity
From high-performance options such as Dedicated
Interconnect and Partner Interconnect, to Cloud VPN
for lower volume needs, and even direct and carrier
peering options, Google Cloud Hybrid Connectivity has
a solution for connecting your infrastructure to the
cloud that fits your needs. |
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Network Connectivity Center
Network Connectivity Center offers the unique ability
to easily connect your on-premises, Google Cloud, and
other cloud enterprise networks and manage them as
spokes through a single, centralized logical hub on
Google Cloud. |
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Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Provision, connect, or isolate Google Cloud resources
using the Google global network. Define fine-grained
networking policies with Google Cloud, on-premises, or
public cloud infrastructure. VPC network includes
granular IP address range selection, routes, firewall,
Cloud VPN (Virtual Private Network), and Cloud Router.
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Cloud DNS
A scalable, reliable, programmable, and managed
authoritative domain naming system (DNS) service
running on the same infrastructure as Google. Cloud
DNS translates domain names like www.google.com into
IP addresses like 74.125.29.101. Use our simple
interface, a command line, or API to publish and
manage millions of DNS zones and records. |
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Service Directory
Provides a single place to publish, discover, and
connect all applications services, reducing management
and operations complexity. Enhance inventory
management at scale with this managed solution and get
real-time service information—whether you have a few
endpoints or thousands. |
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Private Service Connect
Set up private connectivity to your own, third-party
and Google services from your VPC. Private
Service Connect helps you consume services faster,
simplify network management and secure your data by
keeping it inside the Google Cloud network. |
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Scale |
Cloud Load Balancing
Quickly scale applications on Compute Engine—no
pre-warming needed. Distribute load-balanced compute
resources in single or multiple regions, and near
users, while meeting high-availability requirements.
Cloud Load Balancing can put resources behind a single
anycast IP, scale up or down with intelligent
autoscaling, and integrate with Cloud CDN. |
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Cloud CDN
Accelerate content delivery for websites and
applications served out of Compute Engine by
leveraging Google's globally distributed edge caches.
Cloud CDN lowers network latency, offloads origins,
and reduces serving costs. Once you’ve set up HTTP(S)
load balancing, simply enable Cloud CDN with a single
checkbox. |
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Secure |
Cloud Armor
Cloud Armor works with an HTTP(S) load balancer to
provide built-in defenses against infrastructure DDoS
attacks. Google Cloud Armor benefits from more than a
decade of experience protecting the world's largest
internet properties like Google Search, Gmail, and
YouTube. |
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Cloud NAT
Google Cloud's managed network address translation
service enables you to provision application instances
without public IP addresses, while allowing
controlled, efficient internet access. Outside
resources cannot directly access any of the private
instances behind the Cloud NAT gateway, helping keep
your Google Cloud VPCs isolated and secure. |
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Network Telemetry
Keep services secure with in-depth network telemetry.
Identify traffic and access patterns that may impose
security or operational risks to your organization in
near real time. Network Telemetry provides both
network and security operations with in-depth,
responsive VPC flow logs for Google Cloud networking
services. |
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VPC Service Controls
Allows users to define a security perimeter for
API-based services (like Cloud Storage buckets, Cloud
Bigtable instances, and BigQuery datasets) to help
mitigate data exfiltration risks. It enables
enterprises to keep their sensitive data private while
leveraging Google Cloud’s fully managed storage and
data processing capabilities. |
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Optimize |
Network Intelligence Center
Network Intelligence Center provides comprehensive
network monitoring of your network along with
proactive network verification. Centralized monitoring
cuts down troubleshooting time and effort, increases
network security, and allows for optimization of the
overall user experience. |
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Network Service Tiers
Improve network experience performance and gain
control over network costs with Network Service Tiers.
Deliver your traffic on Google's high-performance
global network, run cost-sensitive workloads, choose
the right tier for the workload, and more. |
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Category
Hybrid Connectivity
From high-performance options such as
Dedicated Interconnect and Partner
Interconnect, to Cloud VPN for lower volume
needs, and even direct and carrier peering
options, Google Cloud Hybrid Connectivity has
a solution for connecting your infrastructure
to the cloud that fits your needs.
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Uptime, guaranteed
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Fewer disruptions and drops
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Connect from anywhere
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Flexible, low-cost VPN
Network Connectivity Center
Network Connectivity Center offers the unique
ability to easily connect your on-premises,
Google Cloud, and other cloud enterprise
networks and manage them as spokes through a
single, centralized logical hub on Google
Cloud.
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Use Google’s network as your own
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Single place to manage global connectivity
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Simple, flexible, and insightful cloud connectivity
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Provision, connect, or isolate Google Cloud
resources using the Google global network.
Define fine-grained networking policies with
Google Cloud, on-premises, or public cloud
infrastructure. VPC network includes granular
IP address range selection, routes, firewall,
Cloud VPN (Virtual Private Network), and Cloud
Router.
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VPC networks
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Packet mirroring
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Firewall rules
Cloud DNS
A scalable, reliable, programmable, and
managed authoritative domain naming system
(DNS) service running on the same
infrastructure as Google. Cloud DNS translates
domain names like www.google.com into IP
addresses like 74.125.29.101. Use our simple
interface, a command line, or API to publish
and manage millions of DNS zones and records.
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Authoritative DNS lookup
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Domain registration and management
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Fast anycast name servers
Service Directory
Provides a single place to publish, discover,
and connect all applications services,
reducing management and operations complexity.
Enhance inventory management at scale with
this managed solution and get real-time
service information—whether you have a few
endpoints or thousands.
-
Service naming flexibility with rich metadata
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Rich permission capabilities
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Managed, scalable endpoint registration and lookup service
Private Service Connect
Set up private connectivity to your own,
third-party and Google services from your
VPC. Private Service Connect helps you
consume services faster, simplify network
management and secure your data by keeping it
inside the Google Cloud network.
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Access Google APIs and services
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Connect to a service in another VPC network
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Publish a service by using an internal load balancer
Cloud Load Balancing
Quickly scale applications on Compute
Engine—no pre-warming needed. Distribute
load-balanced compute resources in single or
multiple regions, and near users, while
meeting high-availability requirements. Cloud
Load Balancing can put resources behind a
single anycast IP, scale up or down with
intelligent autoscaling, and integrate with
Cloud CDN.
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HTTP(S), TCP/SSL, and UDP load balancing
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Seamless autoscaling
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High-fidelity health checks
Cloud CDN
Accelerate content delivery for websites and
applications served out of Compute Engine by
leveraging Google's globally distributed edge
caches. Cloud CDN lowers network latency,
offloads origins, and reduces serving costs.
Once you’ve set up HTTP(S) load balancing,
simply enable Cloud CDN with a single
checkbox.
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Global distribution with anycast IP
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Optimized for last-mile performance
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Integrated with Google Cloud
Cloud Armor
Cloud Armor works with an HTTP(S) load
balancer to provide built-in defenses against
infrastructure DDoS attacks. Google Cloud
Armor benefits from more than a decade of
experience protecting the world's largest
internet properties like Google Search, Gmail,
and YouTube.
-
IP-based and geo-based access control
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Support for hybrid and multicloud deployments
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Pre-configured WAF rules
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Named IP Lists
Cloud NAT
Google Cloud's managed network address
translation service enables you to provision
application instances without public IP
addresses, while allowing controlled,
efficient internet access. Outside resources
cannot directly access any of the private
instances behind the Cloud NAT gateway,
helping keep your Google Cloud VPCs isolated
and secure.
-
Managed NAT service
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Multiple NAT IPs per gateway
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Configurable NAT timeout timers
Network Telemetry
Keep services secure with in-depth network
telemetry. Identify traffic and access
patterns that may impose security or
operational risks to your organization in near
real time. Network Telemetry provides both
network and security operations with in-depth,
responsive VPC flow logs for Google Cloud
networking services.
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Monitor network traffic to and from Compute Engine VMs
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Protocols to monitor network flows for TCP and UDP
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Rich annotation support
VPC Service Controls
Allows users to define a security perimeter
for API-based services (like Cloud Storage
buckets, Cloud Bigtable instances, and
BigQuery datasets) to help mitigate data
exfiltration risks. It enables enterprises to
keep their sensitive data private while
leveraging Google Cloud’s fully managed
storage and data processing capabilities.
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Centrally manage multi-tenant service access at scale
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Identity and context help securely access multi-tenant services
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Establish virtual security perimeters for API-based services
Network Intelligence Center
Network Intelligence Center provides
comprehensive network monitoring of your
network along with proactive network
verification. Centralized monitoring cuts down
troubleshooting time and effort, increases
network security, and allows for optimization
of the overall user experience.
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Network Topology: Visualize and monitor the health of your network
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Connectivity Tests: Diagnose and prevent connectivity issues
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Performance Dashboard: See real-time network performance metrics
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Firewall Insights: Keep your firewall rules strict and efficient
Network Service Tiers
Improve network experience performance and
gain control over network costs with Network
Service Tiers. Deliver your traffic on
Google's high-performance global network, run
cost-sensitive workloads, choose the right
tier for the workload, and more.
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Premium Tier for highest performance
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Standard Tier for cost control
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