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December 11, 2024
VPC Service Controls feature: Support for using identity groups in the ingress and egress rules to allow access to resources protected by a service perimeter is generally available.
For more information, see Configure identity groups and third-party identities in ingress and egress rules.
November 20, 2024
VPC Service Controls feature: VPC Service Controls extends support for etags in the service perimeter resources. For example, you can use the --etag flag with the gcloud CLI commands such as gcloud access-context-manager perimeters update and gcloud access-context-manager perimeters describe. This feature is generally available.
November 15, 2024
VPC Service Controls feature (Status: Preview): VPC Service Controls adds support for using groups of third-party identities in ingress and egress rules to allow access to resources protected by service perimeters. This feature is available in Preview.
For more information, see Configure identity groups and third-party identities in ingress and egress rules.
October 21, 2024
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October 18, 2024
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- Dialogflow is in Preview stage.
October 15, 2024
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September 11, 2024
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August 20, 2024
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July 31, 2024
VPC Service Controls feature: VPC Service Controls supports using identity groups and third-party identities (only single identities) in ingress and egress rules to allow access to resources protected by service perimeters. This feature is available in Preview.
For more information, see Configure identity groups and third-party identities in ingress and egress rules. You can also learn an example of using identity groups and third-party identities in ingress and egress rules.
July 17, 2024
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July 02, 2024
VPC Service Controls feature: Support to programmatically retrieve the list of services that are supported by VPC Service Controls is generally available. Using this feature, you also can retrieve the list of methods and permissions supported by VPC Service Controls for a service.
- The following changes are made in the output of the
gcloud access-context-manager supported-services listcommand:- The field name
SUPPORT_STAGEis changed intoSERVICE_SUPPORT_STAGE. - The status
BETAis changed intoPREVIEWin theSERVICE_SUPPORT_STAGEfield. - A new status
DEPRECATEDis added in theSERVICE_SUPPORT_STAGEfield.
- The field name
- The field name
supportStageis changed intoserviceSupportStagein the output of thegcloud access-context-manager supported-services describecommand.
June 27, 2024
VPC Service Controls feature: Support for using an internal IP address to allow access to protected resources is generally available.
For more information, see Allow access to protected resources from an internal IP address. Make sure that you read the updated Limitations section before using this feature.
May 29, 2024
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- Kubernetes Metadata API
For more information, see Anthos On-Prem API, Google Kubernetes Engine, and GKE Multi-Cloud.
May 23, 2024
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April 29, 2024
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April 08, 2024
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March 21, 2024
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March 19, 2024
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March 14, 2024
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March 07, 2024
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February 27, 2024
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February 21, 2024
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January 17, 2024
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The ability to programmatically retrieve the list of services that are supported by VPC Service Controls is available in Preview. Using this feature, you can also retrieve the list of methods and permissions supported by VPC Service Controls for a service.
December 06, 2023
The ability to allow access to protected resources from an internal IP address is available in Preview.
November 21, 2023
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November 20, 2023
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November 08, 2023
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November 01, 2023
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September 28, 2023
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August 15, 2023
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August 09, 2023
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August 04, 2023
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July 19, 2023
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July 18, 2023
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July 12, 2023
The Quota page displays only the default quota limits and doesn't include any additional quotas provided by Google.
For information about VPC Service Controls quotas, see Quotas and limits.
June 22, 2023
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June 20, 2023
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June 01, 2023
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May 08, 2023
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April 14, 2023
VPC Service Controls support for Cloud Scheduler jobs with the following targets is now in Preview:
- Cloud Functions
- Cloud Run
- Dataflow API
- Data Pipelines
To learn more, see the documentation on how to secure cron jobs with VPC Service Controls.
April 10, 2023
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March 27, 2023
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March 23, 2023
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March 17, 2023
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February 22, 2023
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February 17, 2023
The ability to add individual VPC networks to a perimeter is generally available (GA).
Previously, all VPC networks in a host project were added to a perimeter. You can now do the following:
- Add individual VPC networks as members of a perimeter.
- Create an ingress rule to authorize individual VPC networks to access a perimeter.
February 10, 2023
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January 26, 2023
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January 24, 2023
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January 19, 2023
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January 09, 2023
Support for Cloud Tasks is now at General Availability. To learn more, see the Cloud Tasks documentation on setting up a service perimeter using VPC Service Controls.
January 04, 2023
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December 20, 2022
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December 15, 2022
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December 12, 2022
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December 05, 2022
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November 17, 2022
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November 07, 2022
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November 01, 2022
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October 26, 2022
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October 11, 2022
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September 06, 2022
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July 26, 2022
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June 30, 2022
Support to add individual VPC networks to a perimeter is now available in Preview.
Previously, the entire VPC host project was added to a perimeter. VPC Service Controls now supports the following enhancements (Preview release):
- You can now add individual VPC networks as members of a perimeter.
- You can create an ingress rule to authorize individual VPC networks to access a perimeter.
June 24, 2022
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June 08, 2022
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June 01, 2022
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March 31, 2022
General availability of scoped policies for VPC Service Controls.
To delegate administration of VPC Service Controls perimeters and access levels to folder-level and project-level administrators, you can use scoped policies. You can create access policies that are scoped to specific folders or projects.
March 28, 2022
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March 08, 2022
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March 03, 2022
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February 16, 2022
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February 01, 2022
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January 28, 2022
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January 19, 2022
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- Image streaming for container images stored in Artifact Registry.
January 12, 2022
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January 11, 2022
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December 06, 2021
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November 23, 2021
General availability for the following integration: * Connect Gateway
Fleet-related APIs (GKE Hub, GKE Connect, Connect Gateway) are now grouped together.
November 15, 2021
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October 28, 2021
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October 20, 2021
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October 18, 2021
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September 30, 2021
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September 29, 2021
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August 10, 2021
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July 30, 2021
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July 27, 2021
Support for Cloud Run is now at General Availability (GA).
July 20, 2021
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- Network Connectivity Center
July 19, 2021
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July 09, 2021
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July 02, 2021
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July 01, 2021
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June 29, 2021
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June 22, 2021
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June 09, 2021
Integration with Document AI VPC Service Controls is now generally available.
May 24, 2021
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May 06, 2021
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May 05, 2021
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April 22, 2021
General Availability release of Ingress and egress rules for VPC Service Controls.
April 13, 2021
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April 06, 2021
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March 24, 2021
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March 11, 2021
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March 08, 2021
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February 16, 2021
Preview release of Ingress and egress rules for VPC Service Controls.
January 25, 2021
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January 07, 2021
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December 14, 2020
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July 28, 2020
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June 30, 2020
General availability of dry run mode for service perimeters.
This release introduces dry run configurations for your service perimeters, allowing you to test changes to perimeters before enforcing the changes. For more information, read about dry run mode.
Beta release of the VPC Service Controls Troubleshooter.
The VPC Service Controls Troubleshooter allows you to use the unique identifiers generated by VPC Service Controls errors to understand and resolve common denials to services in your perimeters.
During the beta period, the following error types are supported:
NO_MATCHING_ACCESS_LEVELNETWORK_NOT_IN_SAME_SERVICE_PERIMETERRESOURCES_NOT_IN_SAME_SERVICE_PERIMETER
For more information, read about the VPC Service Controls Troubleshooter.
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June 26, 2020
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June 11, 2020
General availability for bulk changes to service perimeters.
Using Access Context Manager's Bulk API, you can replace all of your organization's service perimeters in one operation. For more information, see Making bulk changes to service perimeters.
June 04, 2020
The VPC accessible services feature is now generally available. Use VPC accessible services to limit the access of network endpoints and VMs in a perimeter to only services protected by that perimeter.
For more information about the feature, see VPC accessible services.
May 21, 2020
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May 13, 2020
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April 09, 2020
The beta version of the VPC accessible services feature is now available.
The VPC accessible services feature introduces the ability to limit the access of network endpoints inside your service perimeter to an explicit set of services.
To learn how to configure VPC accessible services for your perimeter, read about limiting access to services inside a perimeter.
The beta version of dry run mode for service perimeters is now available.
This release introduces a new method of configuring service perimeters: dry run mode. For more information, read about dry run mode.
April 03, 2020
Beta support for bulk changes to service perimeters.
Using the beta release of Access Context Manager's Bulk API, you can perform operations such as replacing all of your organization's service perimeters. For more information, see Making bulk changes to service perimeters.
April 01, 2020
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March 31, 2020
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March 24, 2020
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March 10, 2020
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February 06, 2020
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January 31, 2020
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December 20, 2019
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December 18, 2019
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December 17, 2019
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December 16, 2019
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December 10, 2019
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December 02, 2019
Unique identifier for VPC Service Controls access errors.
When a request for resources in a perimeter is denied (a 403 error), a unique identifier is generated that you can use to identify the corresponding log entry using Stackdriver Logging.
For more information, see:
October 30, 2019
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August 22, 2019
The limits for VPC Service Controls have been increased:
- Previously, only 50 perimeters per policy were allowed. That limit has been increased to 100.
- Previously, only 2500 projects total were allowed across all perimeters for one policy. That limit has been increased to 4000.
August 09, 2019
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May 24, 2019
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April 01, 2019
Beta stage support for the following:
- Cloud Dataflow
March 29, 2019
Beta stage support for the following:
- Cloud Key Management Service
- Cloud Spanner
March 08, 2019
General availability of VPC Service Controls.
February 28, 2019
Alpha stage support for the Google Kubernetes Engine API.
Beta stage support for Google Kubernetes Engine private clusters.
As of this release, GKE private clusters can be protected by VPC Service Controls service perimeters.
For more information, refer to the VPC Service Controls page and the documentation.
December 20, 2018
Public beta release of VPC Service Controls.
As of this release, VPC Service Controls supports the following services:
- Cloud Bigtable
- Cloud Storage
- BigQuery
- Cloud Pub/Sub
- Cloud Dataproc
- Stackdriver Logging
VPC Service Controls also has Alpha stage support for the following services:
- Container Registry
- Cloud Key Management Service
- Cloud Spanner
App Engine is not supported by VPC Service Controls. However, you can use Access Context Manager to allow App Engine apps outside a service perimeter to access resources protected by VPC Service Controls by adding the App Engine service account to an access level for that perimeter.
For more information, read about App Engine limitations.
The BigQuery Data Transfer Service is not supported. Additionally, there are known limitations with the legacy BigQuery interface, the third-party ODBC driver for BigQuery, and BigQuery audit logs.
For more information, read about BigQuery limitations.
The Java and Python client libraries for all supported services are fully supported for access using the VPC Service Controls restricted VIP. Support for others language is at Alpha stage and should be used for testing purposes only. Client libraries updated since November 1, 2018 must be used.
Service account keys and OAuth2 client metadata used to authenticate must be updated as of November 1, 2018.
For more information, read about client library limitations.
To configure Cloud Billing exporting inside a service perimeter, the user performing the configuration must be added to an access level for that perimeter.
For more information, read about Cloud Billing limitations.
Cloud Dataproc requires additional steps to set up a functional cluster inside a service perimeter.
For more information, read about Cloud Dataproc limitations.
Cloud Functions is not supported by VPC Service Controls. However, you can use Access Context Manager to allow functions outside a service perimeter to access resources protected by VPC Service Controls by adding the Cloud Functions service account to an access level for that perimeter.
For more information, read about Cloud Functions limitations.
VPC Service Controls policy only applies to new Cloud Pub/Sub push subscriptions. Push subscriptions that exist before a service perimeter is created will not be blocked by that perimeter.
For more information, read about Cloud Pub/Sub limitations.
Cloud Shell is not supported. It is treated as outside of service perimeters and denied access to data protected by VPC Service Controls.
Legacy Cloud Storage buckets can in certain cases be written to out of a service perimeter even when access is denied.
Additionally, Cloud Storage audit logs do not always report VPC Service Controls errors correctly.
For more information, read about Cloud Storage limitations.
To create Compute Engine images from Cloud Storage inside a service perimeter, the user performing the configuration must be added to an access level for that perimeter.
For more information, read about Compute Engine limitations.
A Cloud DNS private zone or BIND must be used to map Container Registry to the restricted VIP.
The following Google-managed repositories are available to all projects regardless of service perimeters:
- dataflow.gcr.io
- gcr.io/cloud-airflow-releaser
- gcr.io/cloudsql-docker
- gcr.io/gke-node-images
- gcr.io/kubeflow-images-public
- gcr.io/kubernetes-helm
- gcr.io/project-calico
- gcr.io/stackdriver-agents
- gke.gcr.io
- k8s.gcr.io
- mirror.gcr.io
For more information, read about Container Registry limitations.
To use the Google Cloud Platform Console with services protected by a service perimeter, the user accessing the services must be added to an access level for that perimeter.
Because VPC Service Controls does not currently support folder and organization resources, log exports of folder-level and organization-level logs (including aggregate logs) do not support service perimeters.
Aggregated Stackdriver Logging logs can access data protected by a service perimeter. IAM should be used to control access to that data.
For more information, read about Logging limitations.