Provision Shared VPC

Shared VPC allows you to export subnets from a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network in a host project to other service projects in the same organization. Instances in the service projects can have network connections in the shared subnets of the host project. This page describes how to set up and use Shared VPC, including some necessary administrative preparation for your organization.

Note: If you're getting started with Google Cloud, you can create an initial Shared VPC network as part of the Google Cloud setup process.

Shared VPC supports exporting both IPv4-only (single-stack) and IPv4 and IPv6 (dual-stack) subnets.

For information about detaching service projects or removing the Shared VPC configuration completely, see Deprovision Shared VPC.

Shared VPC is also referred to as "XPN" in the API and command-line interface.

Quotas, limits, and eligible resources

Before you begin, make sure that you are familiar with Shared VPC and IAM, specifically:

• Make note of the quotas and limits that pertain to Shared VPC.

• Be sure to understand which resources can participate and which resources cannot participate.

• Ensure that you have enabled the Compute Engine API and billing for your host project and all service projects that you plan to attach to the host project.

Prepare your organization

Administrators and IAM

Preparing your organization, setting up Shared VPC host projects, and using Shared VPC networks involves a minimum of three different administrative Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles. For more details about each role and information about optional ones, see the administrators and IAM section of the Shared VPC overview.

Important: The Network User and Network Admin roles are different. For details, see the Network and Security Admins section of the Shared VPC overview.

Organization policy constraints

Organization policy constraints can protect Shared VPC resources at the project, folder, or organization level. The following sections describe each policy.

Prevent accidental deletion of host projects

The accidental deletion of a host project would lead to outages in all service projects attached to it. When a project is configured to be a Shared VPC host project, a special lock—called a lien—is placed upon it. As long as the lien is present, it prevents the project from being deleted accidentally. The lien is automatically removed from the host project when it is no longer configured for Shared VPC.

Caution: By default, a project owner can remove a lien from a project, including a Shared VPC host project, unless an organization-level policy is defined to limit lien removal. (Specifically, lien removal requires an IAM principal with the resourcemanager.projects.get and resourcemanager.projects.updateLiens permissions on the project.) The project owner for the host project could remove the lien then delete the Shared VPC project. To prevent this from happening, follow the directions in this section.

A user with the orgpolicy.policyAdmin role can define an organization-level policy constraint (constraints/compute.restrictXpnProjectLienRemoval) that limits the removal of liens to just the following roles:

• Users with roles/owner or roles/resourcemanager.lienModifier at the organization level
• User with custom roles that include the resourcemanager.projects.get and resourcemanager.projects.updateLiens permissions at the organization level

This effectively prevents a project owner who does not have the roles/owner role at the organization level or the resourcemanager.lienModifier role at the organization level from being able to accidentally delete a Shared VPC host project. For more information about the permissions associated with the resourcemanager.lienModifier role, refer to Placing a lien on a project in the Resource Manager documentation.

Because an organization policy applies to all projects in the organization, you only need to follow these steps once to restrict lien removal.

1. Authenticate to gcloud as an Organization Admin or IAM principal with the orgpolicy.policyAdmin role. Replace ORG_ADMIN with the name of an Organization Admin:

   gcloud auth login ORG_ADMIN
   

2. Determine your organization ID number by looking at the output of this command.

   gcloud organizations list
   

3. Enforce the compute.restrictXpnProjectLienRemoval policy for your organization by running this command. Replace ORG_ID with the number you determined from the previous step.

   gcloud resource-manager org-policies enable-enforce \
       --organization ORG_ID compute.restrictXpnProjectLienRemoval
   

4. Log out of gcloud if you are finished performing tasks as an Organization Admin to protect your account.

   gcloud auth revoke ORG_ADMIN
   

Constrain host project attachments

By default, a Shared VPC Admin can attach a non-host to any host project in the same organization. An organization policy administrator can limit the set of hosts projects to which a non-host project or non-host projects in a folder or organization can be attached. For more information, see the constraints/compute.restrictSharedVpcHostProjects constraint.

Constrain the subnets in the host project that a service project can use

By default, after you configure Shared VPC, IAM principals in service projects can use any subnet in the host project if they have the appropriate IAM permissions. In addition to managing individual user permissions, an organization policy administrator can set a policy to define the set of subnets that can be accessed by a particular project or by projects in a folder or organization. For more information, see the constraints/compute.restrictSharedVpcSubnetworks constraint.

Prevent accidental shutdown of host projects

Disconnecting billing on a Shared VPC network can lead to a complete shutdown of all dependent resources including service projects. To prevent a possible occurrence of an accidental Shared VPC shutdown due to inactive or disabled billing, secure the link between the host project and its billing account.

Nominate Shared VPC Admins

An Organization Admin can grant one or more IAM principals the Shared VPC Admin and Project IAM Admin roles.

The Project IAM Admin role grants Shared VPC Admins permission to share all existing and future subnets, not just individual subnets. This grant creates a binding at the organization or folder level, not the project level. So the IAM principals must be defined in the organization, not just a project therein.

Console

To grant the Shared VPC Admin role at the organization level

1. Log into the Google Cloud console as an Organization Admin, then go to the IAM page.
   Go to the IAM page
2. From the project menu, select your organization.
   If you select a project, you will not see the correct entries in the Roles menu.
3. Click Add.
4. Enter the email addresses of the New principals.

5. In the Roles drop down, select Compute Engine > Compute Shared VPC Admin.

   Note: If you do not see the Compute Shared VPC Admin role as an option, you might not be logged in to the Google Cloud console as an Organization Admin, or you might have selected a project instead of the whole organization.

6. Click Add another role.

7. In the Roles drop down, select Resource Manager > Project IAM Admin.

8. Click Save.

To grant the Shared VPC Admin role at the folder level

1. Log into the Google Cloud console as an Organization Admin, then go to the IAM page.
   Go to the IAM page
2. From the project menu, select your folder.
   If you select a project or organization, you will not see the correct options.
3. Click Add.
4. Enter the email addresses of the New principals.
5. Under Select a role, select Compute Engine > Compute Shared VPC Admin.
6. Click Add another role.
7. In the Roles drop down, select Resource Manager > Project IAM Admin.
8. Click Add another role.
9. In the Roles drop down, select Resource Manager > Compute Network Viewer.
10. Click Save.

gcloud

1. Authenticate to gcloud as an Organization Admin. Replace ORG_ADMIN with the name of an Organization Admin:

   gcloud auth login ORG_ADMIN
   

2. Determine your organization ID number by looking at the output of this command.

   gcloud organizations list
   

3. If you wish to assign the Shared VPC Admin role at the organization level, do the following:

   1. Apply Shared VPC Admin role to an existing IAM principal. Replace ORG_ID with the organization ID number from the previous step, and EMAIL_ADDRESS with the email address of the user to whom you are granting the Shared VPC Admin role.

      gcloud organizations add-iam-policy-binding ORG_ID \
        --member='user:EMAIL_ADDRESS' \
        --role="roles/compute.xpnAdmin"
      

      gcloud organizations add-iam-policy-binding ORG_ID \
        --member='user:EMAIL_ADDRESS' \
        --role="roles/resourcemanager.projectIamAdmin"
      

4. If you wish to assign the Shared VPC Admin role at the folder level, do the following:

   1. Determine your folder ID by looking at the output of this command.

      gcloud resource-manager folders list --organization=ORG_ID
      

   2. Apply Shared VPC Admin role to an existing IAM principal. Replace ORG_ID with the organization ID number from the previous step, and EMAIL_ADDRESS with the email address of the user to whom you are granting the Shared VPC Admin role.

      gcloud resource-manager folders add-iam-policy-binding FOLDER_ID \
         --member='user:EMAIL_ADDRESS' \
         --role="roles/compute.xpnAdmin"
      

      gcloud resource-manager folders add-iam-policy-binding FOLDER_ID \
         --member='user:EMAIL_ADDRESS' \
         --role="roles/resourcemanager.projectIamAdmin"
      

      gcloud resource-manager folders add-iam-policy-binding FOLDER_ID \
         --member='user:EMAIL_ADDRESS' \
         --role="roles/compute.networkViewer"
      

5. Revoke your Organization Admin account token for in the gcloud command-line tool when you are finished performing tasks to protect your account.

   gcloud auth revoke ORG_ADMIN
   

API

• To assign the Shared VPC Admin role at the organization level, use the following procedure:

  1. Determine your organization ID number.

     POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/organizations
     

  2. Describe and then record the details of your existing organization policy.

     POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/organizations/ORG_ID:getIamPolicy
     

     Replace ORG_ID with the ID of your organization.

  3. Assign the Shared VPC Admin role.

     POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/organizations/ORG_ID:setIamPolicy
     {
       "bindings": [
         ...copy existing bindings
         {
           "members": [
             "user:EMAIL_ADDRESS"
           ],
           "role": "roles/compute.xpnAdmin"
         },
         {
           "members": [
             "user:EMAIL_ADDRESS"
           ],
           "role": "roles/resourcemanager.projectIamAdmin"
         }
       ],
       "etag": "ETAG",
       "version": 1,
       ...other existing policy details
     }
     

     Replace the following:

     • ORG_ID: the ID of the organization that contains the user who you're granting the Shared VPC Admin role.
     • EMAIL_ADDRESS: the email address of the user.
     • ETAG: a unique identifier that you got when you described the existing policy. It prevents collisions if multiple updates requests are sent at the same time.

     For more information, see the organizations.setIamPolicy method.

• To assign the Shared VPC Admin role at the folder level, use the following request:

  1. Determine your organization ID number.

     POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/organizations
     

  2. Find your folder ID.

     GET https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v2/folders?parent=organizations/ORG_ID
     

     Replace ORG_ID with the ID of your organization.

  3. Describe and then record the details of your existing folder policy.

     POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v2/folders/FOLDER_ID:getIamPolicy
     

     Replace FOLDER_ID with the ID of your folder.

  4. Assign the Shared VPC Admin role.

     POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/organizations/FOLDER_ID:setIamPolicy
     {
       "bindings": [
         ...copy existing bindings
         {
           "members": [
             "user:EMAIL_ADDRESS"
           ],
           "role": "roles/compute.xpnAdmin"
         },
         {
           "members": [
             "user:EMAIL_ADDRESS"
           ],
           "role": "roles/resourcemanager.projectIamAdmin"
         },
         {
           "members": [
             "user:EMAIL_ADDRESS"
           ],
           "role": "roles/compute.networkViewer"
         }
       ],
       "etag": "ETAG",
       "version": 1,
       ...other existing policy details
     }
     

     Replace the following:

     • FOLDER_ID: the ID of the organization that contains the user to whom you're granting the Shared VPC Admin role.
     • EMAIL_ADDRESS: the email address of the user.
     • ETAG: a unique identifier that you got when you described the existing policy. It prevents collisions if multiple updates requests are sent at the same time.

     For more information, see the folders.setIamPolicy method.

Set up Shared VPC

All tasks in this section must be performed by a Shared VPC Admin.

Enable a host project

Within an organization, Shared VPC Admins can designate projects as Shared VPC host projects, subject to quotas and limits, by following this procedure. Shared VPC Admins can also create and delete projects if they have the Project Creator role and Project Deleter role (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator and roles/resourcemanager.projectDeleter) for your organization.

When you enable a host project, the project's network resources are not automatically shared with service projects. You need to attach service projects to the host project to share selected networks and subnets with the service projects.

Note: The Compute Engine API must be enabled for the project that becomes the Shared VPC host project and for any service projects that will attach to it. For more information, see the Compute Engine API documentation.

Caution: To prevent outages caused by accidental deletion or shutdown of a host project, see Prevent accidental deletion of host projects and Prevent accidental shutdown of host projects.

Console

If you do not yet have the Shared VPC Admin role, then you will not be able to view this page in the Google Cloud console.

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Shared VPC page.
   Go to the Shared VPC page
2. Log in as a Shared VPC Admin.
3. Select the project you want to enable as a Shared VPC host project from the project picker.
4. Click Set up Shared VPC.
5. On the next page, click Save & continue under Enable host project.
6. Under Select subnets, do one of the following:
   1. Click Share all subnets (project-level permissions) if you need to share all current and future subnets in the VPC networks of the host project with service projects and Service Project Admins specified in the next steps.
   2. Click Individual subnets (subnet-level permissions) if you need to selectively share subnets from the VPC networks of the host project with service projects and Service Project Admins. Then, select Subnets to share.
7. Click Continue.
   The next screen is displayed.
8. In Project names, specify the service projects to attach to the host project. Note that attaching service projects does not define any Service Project Admins; that is done in the next step.
9. In the Select users by role section, add Service Project Admins. These users will be granted the IAM role of compute.networkUser for the shared subnets. Only Service Project Admins can create resources in the subnets of the Shared VPC host project.
10. Click Save.

gcloud

Note: These steps simply designate a project as a Shared VPC host project. Unlike the Console directions, no service projects are attached to the host project, and no Service Project Admins are defined. After you complete these steps, you can attach service projects.

1. Authenticate to gcloud as a Shared VPC Admin. Replace SHARED_VPC_ADMIN with the name of the Shared VPC Admin:

   gcloud auth login SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

2. Enable Shared VPC for the project that you need to become a host project. Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the ID of the project.

   gcloud compute shared-vpc enable HOST_PROJECT_ID
   

3. Confirm that the project is listed as a host project for your organization. Replace ORG_ID with your organization ID (determined by gcloud organizations list).

   gcloud compute shared-vpc organizations list-host-projects ORG_ID
   

4. If you only needed to enable a host project, you can log out of gcloud to protect your Shared VPC Admin account credentials. Otherwise, skip this step and continue with the steps to attach service projects.

   gcloud auth revoke SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

API

1. Enable Shared VPC for the project by using credentials with Shared VPC Admin permissions.

   POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/enableXpnHost
   

   Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the ID of the project that will be a Shared VPC host project.

   For more information, see the projects.enableXpnHost method.

2. Confirm that the project is listed as a host project.

   POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/listXpnHosts
   

   Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the ID of the Shared VPC host project.

   For more information, see the projects.listXpnHosts method.

Terraform

You can use a Terraform resource to enable a host project.

examples/basic_shared_vpc/main.tf

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resource "google_compute_shared_vpc_host_project" "host" {
  project = var.project # Replace this with your host project ID in quotes
}

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands.

Attach service projects

A service project must attach to a host project before its Service Project Admins can use the Shared VPC. A Shared VPC Admin must perform the following steps to complete the attachment.

A service project can only attach to one host project, but a host project supports multiple service project attachments. Refer to limits specific to Shared VPC on the VPC quotas page for details.

Note: Before you can attach to a host project, you must enable the Compute Engine API for the service project.

Console

Note: If you used the Console to enable a host project, you already attached one or more service projects to it. The following directions detail how to modify the configuration of an existing host project.

1. Log into the Google Cloud console as a Shared VPC Admin.
2. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Shared VPC page.
   Go to the Shared VPC page
3. Click the Attached projects tab.
4. Under the Attached projects tab, click the Attach projects button.
5. Check the boxes for the service projects to attach in the Project names section. Note that attaching service projects does not define any Service Project Admins; that is done in the next step.
6. In the VPC network permissions section, select the roles whose principals will get the compute.networkUser role. IAM principals are granted the Network User role for the entire host project or certain subnets in the host project, based on the VPC network sharing mode. These principals are known as Service Project Admins in their respective service projects.
7. In the VPC network sharing mode section, select one of the following:
   1. Click Share all subnets (project-level permissions) to share all current and future subnets in VPC networks of the host project with all service projects and Service Project Admins.
   2. Click Individual subnets (subnet-level permissions) if you need to selectively share subnets from VPC networks of the host project with service projects and Service Project Admins. Then, select Subnets to share.
8. Click Save.

gcloud

Note: These steps only cover attaching a service project to a host project. You must first have enabled a host project.

1. If you have not already, authenticate to gcloud as a Shared VPC Admin. Replace SHARED_VPC_ADMIN with the name of the Shared VPC Admin:

   gcloud auth login SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

2. Attach a service project to a previously-enabled host project. Replace SERVICE_PROJECT_ID with the project ID for the service project and HOST_PROJECT_ID with the project ID for the host project.

   gcloud compute shared-vpc associated-projects add SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
       --host-project HOST_PROJECT_ID
   

3. Confirm that the service project has been attached.

   gcloud compute shared-vpc get-host-project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID
   

4. Optionally, you can list the service projects that are attached to the host project:

   gcloud compute shared-vpc list-associated-resources HOST_PROJECT_ID
   

5. If you only needed to attach a service project, you can log out of gcloud to protect your Shared VPC Admin account credentials. Otherwise, skip this step and define Service Project Admins for all subnets or for just some subnets.

   gcloud auth revoke SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

API

Note: These steps only cover attaching a service project to a host project. You must first have enabled a host project.

1. Attach a service project to the Shared VPC host project.

   POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/enableXpnResource
   {
     "xpnResource": {
       "id": "SERVICE_PROJECT"
     }
   }
   

   Replace the following:

   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
   • SERVICE_PROJECT: the ID of the service project to attach.

   For more information, see the projects.enableXpnResource method.

2. Confirm that the service projects are attached to the host project.

   GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/getXpnResources
   

   Replace the following:

   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.

   For more information, see the projects.getXpnResources method.

Terraform

You can use a Terraform resource to attach a service project.

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resource "google_compute_shared_vpc_service_project" "service1" {
  host_project    = google_compute_shared_vpc_host_project.host.project
  service_project = var.service_project # Replace this with your service project ID in quotes
}

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands.

Service Project Admins for all subnets

A Shared VPC Admin can assign an IAM principal from a service project to be a Service Project Admin with access to all subnets in the host project. Service Project Admins of this type are granted the role of compute.networkUser for the whole host project. This means that they have access to all of the currently defined and future subnets in the host project.

A user who has the compute.networkUser role in the host project can see all subnets within attached service projects.

Note: If you cannot create new resources in a particular subnet, an organization policy might be constraining the subnets that this project can use. For more information, see constraints/compute.restrictSharedVpcSubnetworks constraint.

Console

To define an IAM principal from a service project as Service Project Admin with access to all subnets in a host project using the Google Cloud console, see the attach service projects section.

gcloud

These steps cover defining an IAM principal from a service project as a Service Project Admin with access to all subnets in a host project. Before you can perform these steps, you must have enabled a host project and attached the service project to the host project.

1. If you have not already, authenticate to gcloud as a Shared VPC Admin. Replace SHARED_VPC_ADMIN with the name of the Shared VPC Admin:

   gcloud auth login SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

2. Create a policy binding to make an IAM principal from the service project a Service Project Admin. Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the project ID for the host project and SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN with the email address of the Service Project Admin user.

   gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding HOST_PROJECT_ID \
   --member "user:SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN" \
   --role "roles/compute.networkUser"
   

   You can specify different types of principals by changing the format of the --member argument:

   • Use group: to specify a Google group (by email address) as a principal.
   • Use domain: to specify a Google domain as a principal.
   • Use serviceAccount: to specify a service account. Refer to Service Accounts as Service Project Admins for more information about this use case.

3. Repeat the previous step for each additional Service Project Admin you need to define.

4. If you are finished defining Service Project Admins, you can log out of gcloud to protect your Shared VPC Admin account credentials.

   gcloud auth revoke SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

API

1. Describe and then record the details of your existing project policy. You'll need the existing policy and etag value.

   POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v2/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID:getIamPolicy
   

   Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.

2. Create a policy binding to designate IAM principals in the service project as Service Project Admins.

   POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID:setIamPolicy
   {
     "bindings": [
       ...copy existing bindings
       {
         "members": [
           PRINCIPAL,
           ...additional principals
         ],
         "role": "roles/compute.networkUser"
       },
     ],
     "etag": "ETAG",
     "version": 1,
     ...other existing policy details
   }
   

   Replace the following:

   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.
   • PRINCIPAL: an identity that the role is associated with, such as a user, group, domain, or service account. For more information, see the members field in the Resource Manager documentation.
   • ETAG: a unique identifier that you got when you described the existing policy. It prevents collisions if multiple updates requests are sent at the same time.

   For more information, see the projects.setIamPolicy method.

Service Project Admins for some subnets

A Shared VPC Admin can assign an IAM principal from a service project to be a Service Project Admin with access to only some of the subnets in the host project. This option provides a more granular means to define Service Project Admins by granting them the compute.networkUser role for only some subnets in the host project.

A user who has the compute.networkUser role in the host project can see all subnets within attached service projects.

Console

To define an IAM principal from a service project as Service Project Admin with access to only some subnets in a host project using the Google Cloud console, see the attach service projects section.

gcloud

These steps cover defining IAM principals from a service project as Service Project Admins with access to only some subnets in a host project. Before you can define them, you must have enabled a host project and attached the service project to the host project.

1. If you have not already, authenticate to gcloud as a Shared VPC Admin. Replace SHARED_VPC_ADMIN with the name of the Shared VPC Admin:

   gcloud auth login SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

2. Choose the subnet in the host project to which the Service Project Admins should have access. Get its current IAM policy in JSON format. Replace SUBNET_NAME with the name of the subnet in the host project and HOST_PROJECT_ID with the project ID for the host project.

   gcloud compute networks subnets get-iam-policy SUBNET_NAME \
       --region SUBNET_REGION \
       --project HOST_PROJECT_ID \
       --format json
   

3. Copy the JSON output from the previous step and save it to a file. For instructional clarity, these steps save it to a file named subnet-policy.json.

4. Modify the subnet-policy.json file, adding the IAM principals who will become Service Project Admins with access to the subnet. Replace each SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN with the email address of an IAM user from the service project.

   {
     "bindings": [
     {
        "members": [
              "user:[SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN]",
              "user:[SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN]"
           ],
           "role": "roles/compute.networkUser"
     }
     ],
     "etag": "[ETAG_STRING]"
   }
   

   Note that you can specify different types of IAM principals (other than users) in the policy:

   • Switch user: with group: to specify a Google group (by email address) as a principal.
   • Switch user: with domain: to specify a Google domain as a principal.
   • Use serviceAccount: to specify a service account. Refer to Service Accounts as Service Project Admins for more information for this use case.

5. Update the policy binding for the subnet using the contents of the subnet-policy.json file.

   gcloud compute networks subnets set-iam-policy SUBNET_NAME subnet-policy.json \
       --region SUBNET_REGION \
       --project HOST_PROJECT_ID
   

6. If you are finished defining Service Project Admins, you can log out of gcloud to protect your Shared VPC Admin account credentials.

   gcloud auth revoke SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

API

1. Describe and then record the details of your existing subnet policy. You'll need the existing policy and etag value.

   GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/SUBNET_REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME/getIamPolicy
   

   Replace the following:

   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.
   • SUBNET_NAME: the name of the subnet to share.
   • SUBNET_REGION: the region in which the subnet is located.

2. Grant Service Project Admins access to subnets in the host project by updating the subnet policy.

   POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/SUBNET_REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME/setIamPolicy
   {
     "bindings": [
       ...copy existing bindings
       {
         "members": [
           PRINCIPAL,
           ...additional principals
         ],
         "role": "roles/compute.networkUser"
       },
     ],
     "etag": "ETAG",
     "version": 1,
     ...other existing policy details
   }
   

   Replace the following:

   • ETAG: a unique identifier that you got when you described the existing policy. It prevents collisions if multiple updates requests are sent at the same time.
   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.
   • PRINCIPAL: an identity that the role is associated with, such as a user, group, domain, or service account. For more information, see the members field in the Resource Manager documentation.
   • SUBNET_NAME: the name of the subnet to share.
   • SUBNET_REGION: the region in which the subnet is located.

   For more information, see the subnetworks.setIamPolicy method.

Service Accounts as Service Project Admins

A Shared VPC Admin can also define service accounts from service projects as Service Project Admins. This section illustrates how to define two different types of service accounts as Service Project Admins:

• User-managed service accounts having this format: USER_ID@SERVICE_PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com

• The Google APIs service account having this format: [e-mail]

The Service Project Admin role (compute.networkUser) can be granted for all subnets or only some subnets of the host project. However, for instructional simplicity, this section only illustrates how to define each of the two service account types as Service Project Admins for all subnets of the host project.

User-managed service accounts as Service Project Admins

These directions describe how to define a user-managed service account as a Service Project Admin for all subnets of the Shared VPC host project.

Console

1. Log into the Google Cloud console as a Shared VPC Admin.
2. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Settings page.
   Go to the Settings page
3. Change the project to the service project that contains the service account that needs to be defined as a Service Project Admin.
4. Copy the Project ID of the service project. For instructional clarity, this procedure refers to the service project ID as SERVICE_PROJECT_ID.
5. Change the project to the Shared VPC host project.
6. Go to the IAM page in the Google Cloud console.
   Go to the IAM page
7. Click Add.
8. Add SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME@SERVICE_PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com to the Principals field, replacing SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME with the name of the service account.
9. Select Compute Engine > Compute Network User from the Roles menu.
10. Click Add.

gcloud

1. If you have not already, authenticate to gcloud as a Shared VPC Admin. Replace SHARED_VPC_ADMIN with the name of the Shared VPC Admin:

   gcloud auth login SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

2. If you don't know the project ID for the service project, you can list all projects in your organization. This list shows the project ID for each.

   gcloud projects list
   

3. Create a policy binding to make the service account a Service Project Admin. Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the project ID for the host project,SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME with the name of the service account, and SERVICE_PROJECT_ID with the service project ID.

   gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding HOST_PROJECT_ID \
       --member "serviceAccount:SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME@SERVICE_PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com" \
       --role "roles/compute.networkUser"
   

API

1. Describe and then record the details of your existing project policy. You'll need the existing policy and etag value.

   POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v2/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID:getIamPolicy
   

   Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.

2. Create a policy binding to designate service accounts as Service Project Admins.

   POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID:setIamPolicy
   {
     "bindings": [
       ...copy existing bindings
       {
         "members": [
           "serviceAccount:SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME@SERVICE_PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
           ...include additional service accounts
         ],
         "role": "roles/compute.networkUser"
       },
     ],
     "etag": "ETAG",
     "version": 1,
     ...other existing policy details
   }
   

   Replace the following:

   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.
   • SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME: the name of the service account.
   • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project that contains the service account.
   • ETAG: a unique identifier that you got when you described the existing policy. It prevents collisions if multiple updates requests are sent at the same time.

   For more information, see the projects.setIamPolicy method.

Google APIs service account as a Service Project Admin

These directions describe how to define the Google APIs service account as a Service Project Admin for all subnets of the Shared VPC host project. Making the Google APIs service account a Service Project Admin is a requirement for managed instance groups used with Shared VPC because tasks like instance creation are performed by this type of service account. For more information about this relationship, see Managed Instance Groups and IAM.

Console

1. Log into the Google Cloud console as a Shared VPC Admin.
2. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Settings page.
   Go to the Settings page
3. Change the project to the service project that contains the service account that needs to be defined as a Service Project Admin.
4. Copy the Project number of the service project. For instructional clarity, this procedure refers to the service project number as SERVICE_PROJECT_NUMBER.
5. Change the project to the Shared VPC host project.
6. Go to the IAM page in the Google Cloud console.
   Go to the IAM page
7. Click Add.
8. Add [e-mail] to the Members field.
9. Select Compute Engine > Compute Network User from the Roles menu.
10. Click Add.

gcloud

1. If you have not already, authenticate to gcloud as a Shared VPC Admin. Replace SHARED_VPC_ADMIN with the name of the Shared VPC Admin:

   gcloud auth login SHARED_VPC_ADMIN
   

2. Determine the project number for the service project. For instructional clarity, this procedure refers to the service project number as SERVICE_PROJECT_NUMBER. Replace SERVICE_PROJECT_ID with the project ID for the service project.

   gcloud projects describe SERVICE_PROJECT_ID --format='get(projectNumber)'
   

   • If you don't know the project ID for the service project, you can list all projects in your organization. This list shows the project number for each.

     gcloud projects list
     

3. Create a policy binding to make the service account a Service Project Admin. Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the project ID for the host project and SERVICE_PROJECT_NUMBER with the service project number.

   gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding HOST_PROJECT_ID \
       --member "serviceAccount:[e-mail]" \
       --role "roles/compute.networkUser"
   

API

1. Describe and then record the details of your existing project policy. You'll need the existing policy and etag value.

   POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v2/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID:getIamPolicy
   

   Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.

2. List your project to find its project number.

   GET https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects?filter=projectId="SERVICE_PROJECT_ID"
   

   Replace SERVICE_PROJECT_ID with the ID of the service project where the service account is located.

3. Create a policy binding to designate service accounts as Service Project Admins.

   POST https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID:setIamPolicy
   {
     "bindings": [
       ...copy existing bindings
       {
         "members": [
           "serviceAccount:[e-mail]"
         ],
         "role": "roles/compute.networkUser"
       },
     ],
     "etag": "ETAG",
     "version": 1,
     ...other existing policy details
   }
   

   Replace the following:

   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.
   • SERVICE_PROJECT_NUMBER: the number of the service project that contains the service account.
   • ETAG: a unique identifier that you got when you described the existing policy. It prevents collisions if multiple updates requests are sent at the same time.

   For more information, see the projects.setIamPolicy method.

Use Shared VPC

After a Shared VPC Admin completes the tasks of enabling a host project, attaching the necessary service projects to it, and defining Service Project Admins for all or some of the host project subnets, the Service Project Admins can create instances, templates, and internal load balancers in the service projects by using the subnets of the host project.

All tasks in this section must be performed by a Service Project Admin.

It's important to note that a Shared VPC Admin only grants the Service Project Admins the Compute Network User role (roles/compute.networkUser) to either the entire host project or only some of its subnets. Service Project Admins should also have the other roles necessary to administer their respective service projects. For example, a Service Project Admin could also be a project owner or should at least have the Compute Instance Admin role (roles/compute.instanceAdmin) for the project.

Caution: The Compute Network User role and the Compute Network Admin role (roles/compute.networkAdmin) have different permission sets. The Compute Network User role includes permissions that are not available in the Compute Network Admin role. An IAM principal that has the Compute Network Admin role for an organization or project but lacks the Compute Network User role for the host project, or at least one of the subnets in the host project, is not a Service Project Admin.

List available subnets

Service Project Admins can list the subnets to which they have been given permission by following these steps.

Console

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Shared VPC page.

Go to Shared VPC

gcloud

1. If you have not already, authenticate to gcloud as a Service Project Admin. Replace SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN with the name of the Service Project Admin:

   gcloud auth login SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN
   

2. Run the following command, replacing HOST_PROJECT_ID with the project ID of the Shared VPC host project:

   gcloud compute networks subnets list-usable --project HOST_PROJECT_ID
   

   The following example lists the available subnets in the project-1 host project:

   $ gcloud compute networks subnets list-usable --project project-1
   
   PROJECT    REGION       NETWORK  SUBNET    RANGE          SECONDARY_RANGES
   project-1  us-west1     net-1    subnet-1  10.138.0.0/20
   project-1  us-central1  net-1    subnet-2  10.128.0.0/20  r-1 192.168.2.0/24
                                                             r-2 192.168.3.0/24
   project-1  us-east1     net-1    subnet-3  10.142.0.0/20
   

For more information, see the list-usable command in the SDK documentation.

API

List the available subnets in the host project. Make the request as a Service Project Admin.

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/aggregated/subnetworks/listUsable

Replace HOST_PROJECT_ID with the ID of the host project that contains the Shared VPC network.

For more information, see the subnetworks.listUsable method.

Reserve a static internal IPv4 or IPv6 address

Service Project Admins can reserve an internal IPv4 or IPv6 address in a subnet of a Shared VPC network. The IP address configuration object is created in the service project, while its value comes from the range of available IPv4 addresses in the chosen shared subnet.

Important: A static internal IPv6 address that is reserved in a service project can be used only by resources within the same service project. Resources in the host project can't use a static internal IPv6 address that is reserved in a service project.

To reserve a standalone internal IP address in the service project, complete the following steps.

Console

1. Set up Shared VPC.

2. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Shared VPC page.

   Go to Shared VPC

3. Sign in as a Shared VPC Admin.

4. Select the service project from the project picker.

5. Go to the IP addresses page by selecting VPC network > IP addresses.

6. Click Reserve internal static IP address.

7. In the Name field, enter an IP address name.

8. In the IP version list, select the required IP version:

   • To reserve a static internal IPv4 address, select IPv4.
   • To reserve a static internal IPv6 address, select IPv6.

9. Click the Networks shared with me button.

10. In the Network and Subnetwork lists, select a VPC network and a subnet respectively.

11. Specify how you want to reserve the IP address:

    • For IPv4 addresses, to specify a static internal IPv4 address to reserve, in Static IP address, select Let me choose, and then enter a custom IP address. Otherwise, the system automatically assigns a static internal IPv4 address in the subnet for you.
    • For IPv6 addresses, the system automatically assigns a static internal IPv6 address from the subnet's internal IPv6 address range.

12. Optional: If you want to share the static internal IPv4 address in different frontends, for Purpose, choose Shared. The default selection is Non-shared.

    Note: You can't share a static internal IPv6 address across multiple load balancer frontends.

13. Click Reserve.

gcloud

1. If you have not already, authenticate to the Google Cloud CLI as a Service Project Admin. Replace SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN with the name of the Service Project Admin:

   gcloud auth login SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN
   

2. Use the compute addresses create command.

   • Reserve IPv4 addresses:

     gcloud compute addresses create IP_ADDR_NAME \
         --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
         --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET \
         --region=REGION
         --ip-version=IPV4
     

   • Reserve IPv6 addresses:

     gcloud compute addresses create IP_ADDR_NAME \
         --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
         --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET \
         --region=REGION
         --ip-version=IPV6
     

   Replace the following:

   • IP_ADDR_NAME: a name for the IPv4 address object.
   • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
   • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
   • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.

Additional details for creating IP addresses are published in the SDK documentation.

API

Use the addresses.insert method.

• Reserve a static internal IPv4 address as a Service Project Admin:

  POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/addresses
  {
  "name": "ADDRESS_NAME",
  "subnetwork": "projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME",
  "addressType": "INTERNAL"
  }
  

Replace the following:

• ADDRESS_NAME: a name for the reserved internal IP address.
• HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project that contains the Shared VPC network.
• REGION: the region where the reserved IPv4 address will be located and where the shared subnet is located.
• SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project where you are reserving the IPv4 address.
• SUBNET_NAME: the name of the shared subnet.

For more information, see the addresses.insert method.

Terraform

You can use a Terraform data block to specify the host subnet information. Then use a Terraform resource to reserve a static internal IPv4 address. If you omit the optional address argument, an available IPv4 address is selected and reserved.

Specify the host subnet:

examples/basic_shared_vpc/main.tf

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data "google_compute_subnetwork" "subnet" {
  name    = "my-subnet-123"
  project = var.project
  region  = "us-central1"
}

Reserve an IPv4 address from the host project's subnet to use in the service project:

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resource "google_compute_address" "internal" {
  project      = var.service_project
  region       = "us-central1"
  name         = "int-ip"
  address_type = "INTERNAL"
  address      = "10.0.0.8"
  subnetwork   = data.google_compute_subnetwork.subnet.self_link
}

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands.

Reserve a static external IPv4 address

A resource in a service project can use a regional static external IPv4 address that is defined in either the service project or the host project. Therefore, a resource in the attached service projects can use a regional static external IPv4 address that is reserved in the host project.

Reserve a static external IPv6 address

Service Project Admins can reserve a static external IPv6 address in a service project. The IPv6 address configuration object is created in the service project, while its value comes from the range of available IPv6 addresses in the chosen shared subnet.

Console

You can reserve a standalone external IPv6 address in the service project using the Google Cloud console:

1. Set up Shared VPC.
2. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Shared VPC page.
   Go to the Shared VPC page
3. Sign in as a Shared VPC Admin.
4. Select the service project from the project picker.
5. To go to the IP addresses page, select VPC network > IP addresses.
6. Click Reserve external static IP address.
7. Choose a name for the new address.
8. Specify whether the network service tier is Premium or Standard. IPv6 static address reservation is supported only in the Premium tier.
9. Under IP version, select IPv6.
10. Specify whether this IP address is Regional or Global.
    • If you are reserving a static IP address for a global load balancer, choose Global.
    • If you are reserving a static IP address for an instance or for a regional load balancer, choose Regional, and then select the region to create the address in.
11. Choose the following:
    • Networks in this project: choose this option if you want to reserve an external IPv6 address in a subnet of the same Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network where you are reserving the IPv6 address.
    • Networks shared with me: choose this option if you want to reserve an external IPv6 address in a subnet of a Shared VPC network.

12. Based on your choice, choose the following:

    • Network: the VPC network
    • Subnetwork: the subnet from which to assign the static regional IPv6 address
    • Endpoint type: choose VM instance or Network Load Balancer

13. Optional: If you have chosen VM instance as the endpoint type, then select a VM instance to attach the IPv6 address to.

14. Click Reserve.

gcloud

1. If you have not already, authenticate to gcloud as a Service Project Admin. Replace SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN with the name of the Service Project Admin:

   gcloud auth login SERVICE_PROJECT_ADMIN
   

2. Use the gcloud compute addresses create command:

   gcloud compute addresses create IP_ADDR_NAME \
       --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
       --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET \
       --region=REGION \
       --ip-version=IPV6 \
       --endpoint-type=[VM | NETLB]
   

   Replace the following:

   • IP_ADDR_NAME: a name for the IPv6 address object.
   • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
   • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
   • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.
   • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.

API

To reserve a static internal IPv6 address as a Service Project Admin, use the addresses.insert method:

POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/addresses
{
  "name": "ADDRESS_NAME",
  "ipVersion": "IPV6",
  "ipv6EndpointType": "VM|LB",
  "networkTier": "PREMIUM",
  "subnetwork": "projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME",
  "addressType": "EXTERNAL"
}

Replace the following:

• SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project where you are reserving the IPv6 address.
• REGION: the region where the reserved IPv6 address and the shared subnet are located.
• ADDRESS_NAME: a name for the reserved static external IPv6 address.
• HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project that contains the Shared VPC network.
• SUBNET_NAME: the name of the shared subnet.

Create an instance

Keep the following in mind when you use Shared VPC to create an instance:

• The standard process for creating an instance involves selecting a zone, a network, and a subnet. Both the selected subnet and the selected zone must be in the same region. When a Service Project Admin creates an instance by using a subnet from a Shared VPC network, the zone selected for that instance must be in the same region as the selected subnet.

  When you create an instance with a reserved static internal IPv4 address, the subnet and region are already selected when the static IPv4 address is created. A gcloud example for creating an instance with a static internal IPv4 address is given in this section.

• Service Project Admins can only create instances by using subnets to which they have been granted permission. To determine which subnets are available, see List available subnets.

• When Google Cloud receives a request to create an instance in a subnet of a Shared VPC network, it checks to see if the IAM principal making the request has permission to use that shared subnet. If the check fails, the instance is not created, and Google Cloud returns a permissions error. For assistance, contact the Shared VPC Admin.

• You can create a dual-stack instance if you create the instance in a dual-stack subnet. Dual-stack subnets are supported on custom mode VPC networks only. The IPv6 access type of the subnet determines whether the IPv6 address assigned to the VM is an internal or external IPv6 address.

To create dual-stack instances in a shared subnet, use the Google Cloud CLI or the API. You can't create a dual-stack instance in a shared subnet with the Google Cloud console.

Console

1. Set up Shared VPC.
2. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Shared VPC page.
   Go to the Shared VPC page
3. Sign in as a Shared VPC Admin.
4. Select the service project from the project picker.
5. To go to the Create an instance page, select Compute Engine > VM instances > Create instance.
6. Specify a Name for the instance.
7. Click Networking under Advanced options.
8. Under Network interfaces, click the Networks shared with me radio button.
9. In the Shared subnetwork list, select the required subnet where you want to create the instance:
   • For IPv4 addresses, select any single-stack subnet.
   • For IPv6 addresses, select a dual-stack subnet with the required IPv6 access type.
10. Select the IP stack type:
    • For IPv4 addresses, select IPv4 (single-stack).
    • For IPv6 addresses, select IPv4 and IPv6 (dual-stack).
11. Specify any other necessary parameters for the instance.
12. Click Create.

gcloud

• Create an instance with an ephemeral internal IPv4 address in a shared subnet of a Shared VPC network:

  gcloud compute instances create INSTANCE_NAME \
      --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
      --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET \
      --zone ZONE
  

  Replace the following:

  • INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.
  • ZONE: a zone in the specified region. .

• Create an instance with a reserved static internal IPv4 address in a Shared VPC network:

  1. Reserve a static internal IPv4 address in the service project from the range of available addresses of the host project.

  2. Create the instance:

     gcloud compute instances create INSTANCE_NAME \
         --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
         --private-network-ip IP_ADDR_NAME \
         --zone ZONE \
         --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET
     

     Replace the following:

     • INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance.
     • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
     • IP_ADDR_NAME: the name of the static IP address.
     • ZONE: a zone in the same region as IP_ADDR_NAME.
     • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
     • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
     • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet that's associated with the static internal IPv4 address.

• Create an instance with an ephemeral internal IPv4 address and an ephemeral IPv6 address:

  gcloud compute instances create INSTANCE_NAME \
      --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
      --stack-type IPV4_IPV6 \
      --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET \
      --zone ZONE
  

  Replace the following:

  • INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.
  • ZONE: a zone in the specified region.

• Create an instance with a reserved static external IPv6 address:

  gcloud compute instances create INSTANCE_NAME \
      --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
      --stack-type IPV4_IPV6 \
      --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET \
      --ipv6-address IPV6_ADDRESS \
      --ipv6-prefix-length=96 \
      --ipv6-network-tier PREMIUM \
      --zone ZONE
  

  Replace the following:

  • INSTANCE_NAME: the name of the instance.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.
  • IPV6_ADDRESS: the IPv6 address to assign to the VM.
  • ZONE: a zone in the specified region.

API

• To create an instance with an ephemeral internal IPv4 address, specify only the subnet:

  POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instances
  {
    "machineType": "MACHINE_TYPE",
    "name": "INSTANCE_NAME",
    "networkInterfaces": [
      {
        "subnetwork": "projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME"
      }
    ],
    "disks": [
      {
        "boot": true,
        "initializeParams": {
          "sourceImage": "SOURCE_IMAGE"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
  

  Replace the following:

  • INSTANCE_NAME: a name for the instance.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project that contains the Shared VPC network.
  • MACHINE_TYPE: a machine type for the instance.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • SOURCE_IMAGE: an image for the instance.
  • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.
  • ZONE: a zone in the specified region.

  For more information, see the instances.insert method.

• To create an instance with a reserved internal IPv4 address, specify the subnet and the name of the reserved IPv4 address:

  POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instances
  {
    "machineType": "MACHINE_TYPE",
    "name": "INSTANCE_NAME",
    "networkInterfaces": [
      {
        "subnetwork": "projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME",
        "networkIP": "projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/addresses/ADDRESS_NAME"
      }
    ],
    "disks": [
      {
        "boot": true,
        "initializeParams": {
          "sourceImage": "SOURCE_IMAGE"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
  

  Replace the following:

  • ADDRESS_NAME: the name of the reserved internal IPv4 address.
  • INSTANCE_NAME: a name for the instance.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project that contains the Shared VPC network.
  • MACHINE_TYPE: a machine type for the instance.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • SOURCE_IMAGE: an image for the instance.
  • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.
  • ZONE: a zone in the specified region.

  For more information, see the instances.insert method.

• To create an instance with an ephemeral internal IPv4 address and an ephemeral IPv6 address, specify the subnet and the stack type:

  POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instances
  {
    "machineType": "MACHINE_TYPE",
    "name": "INSTANCE_NAME",
    "networkInterfaces": [
      {
        "subnetwork": "projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME",
        "stackType": "IPv4_IPv6"
      }
    ],
    "disks": [
      {
        "boot": true,
        "initializeParams": {
          "sourceImage": "SOURCE_IMAGE"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
  

  Replace the following:

  • INSTANCE_NAME: a name for the instance.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project that contains the Shared VPC network.
  • MACHINE_TYPE: a machine type for the instance.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • SOURCE_IMAGE: an image for the instance.
  • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.
  • ZONE: a zone in the specified region.

  For more information, see the instances.insert method.

Terraform

You can use a Terraform data block to specify the host subnet information. Then use a Terraform resource to create a VM instance in a service project.

Specify the host subnet:

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data "google_compute_subnetwork" "subnet" {
  name    = "my-subnet-123"
  project = var.project
  region  = "us-central1"
}

Create a VM instance in a service project with an ephemeral IPv4 address from the host project's shared subnet:

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resource "google_compute_instance" "ephemeral_ip" {
  project      = var.service_project
  zone         = "us-central1-a"
  name         = "my-vm"
  machine_type = "e2-medium"
  boot_disk {
    initialize_params {
      image = "debian-cloud/debian-9"
    }
  }
  network_interface {
    subnetwork = data.google_compute_subnetwork.subnet.self_link
  }
}

Create a VM instance in a service project with a reserved static IPv4 address from the host project's shared subnet:

examples/basic_shared_vpc/main.tf

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resource "google_compute_instance" "reserved_ip" {
  project      = var.service_project
  zone         = "us-central1-a"
  name         = "reserved-ip-instance"
  machine_type = "e2-medium"
  boot_disk {
    initialize_params {
      image = "debian-cloud/debian-9"
    }
  }
  network_interface {
    subnetwork = data.google_compute_subnetwork.subnet.self_link
    network_ip = google_compute_address.internal.address
  }
}

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands.

Create an instance template

Note: Connecting to a Shared VPC network by using interfaces other than nic0 is supported for the following configurations:

• Instance templates: supported in the gcloud CLI and the API.
• Managed instance groups: supported in the gcloud CLI and the API.

Keep the following in mind when you use Shared VPC to create an instance template:

• The process for creating an instance template involves selecting a network and a subnet.

  • Templates created for use in a custom mode Shared VPC network must specify both the network and a subnet.

  • Templates created for use in an auto mode Shared VPC network may optionally defer selecting a subnet. In these cases, a subnet is automatically selected in the same region as any managed instance group that uses the template. (Auto mode networks have a subnet in every region by definition.)

• When an IAM principal creates an instance template, Google Cloud does not perform a permissions check to see if the principal can use the specified subnet. This permissions check is always deferred to when a managed instance group that uses the template is requested.

• You can create a dual-stack instance template if you create the template in a dual-stack subnet. Dual-stack subnets are supported on custom mode VPC networks only. The IPv6 access type of the subnet determines whether the IPv6 address assigned to the VM is an internal or external IPv6 address.

  To create dual-stack instance template in a shared subnet, use the Google Cloud CLI or the API. You can't create a dual-stack instance template in a shared subnet with the Google Cloud console.

Console

1. Set up Shared VPC.
2. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Shared VPC page.
   Go to the Shared VPC page
3. Sign in as a Shared VPC Admin.
4. Select the service project from the project picker.
5. To go to the Create an instance template page, select Compute Engine > Instance templates > Create instance templates.
6. Specify a Name for the instance template.
7. Click Networking under Advanced options.
8. Under Network interfaces, click the Networks shared with me radio button.
9. In the Shared subnetwork list, select the required subnet where you want to create the instance template:
   • For IPv4 addresses, select any single-stack subnet.
   • For IPv6 addresses, select a dual-stack subnet with the required IPv6 access type.
10. Select the IP stack type:
    • For IPv4 addresses, select IPv4 (single-stack).
    • For IPv6 addresses, select IPv4 and IPv6 (dual-stack).
11. Specify any other necessary parameters for the instance template.
12. Click Create.

gcloud

• Create an IPv4-only instance template for use in any automatically created subnet of an auto mode Shared VPC network:

  gcloud compute instance-templates create TEMPLATE_NAME \
      --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
      --network projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/global/networks/NETWORK
  

  Replace the following:

  • TEMPLATE_NAME: the name of the template.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
  • NETWORK: the name of the Shared VPC network.

• To create an IPv4-only instance template for a manually-created subnet in a Shared VPC network (either auto or custom mode):

  gcloud compute instance-templates create TEMPLATE_NAME \
      --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
      --region REGION \
      --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET
  

  Replace the following:

  • TEMPLATE_NAME: the name of the template.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.

• Create a dual-stack instance template that uses a subnet in a custom mode Shared VPC network:

  gcloud compute instance-templates create TEMPLATE_NAME \
      --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
      --stack-type IPV4_IPV6 \
      --region REGION \
      --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET
  

  Replace the following:

  • TEMPLATE_NAME: the name of the template.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.

API

• To create an IPv4-only instance template that uses any automatically created subnet of an auto mode Shared VPC network, specify the VPC network:

  POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/global/instanceTemplates
  {
  "properties": {
    "networkInterfaces": [
      {
        "network": "projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/global/networks/NETWORK"
      }
    ]
  ...
  }
  

  Replace the following:

  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project that contains the Shared VPC network.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • NETWORK: the name of the Shared VPC network.

  For more information, see the instanceTemplates.insert method.

• To create an IPv4-only instance template that uses a manually created subnet in a Shared VPC network (auto or custom mode), specify the subnet:

  POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/global/instanceTemplates
  {
  "properties": {
    "networkInterfaces": [
      {
        "subnetwork": "projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME"
      }
    ]
  ...
  }
  

  Replace the following:

  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project that contains the Shared VPC network.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • SUBNET_NAME: the name of the shared subnet.

  For more information, see the instanceTemplates.insert method.

• To create a dual-stack instance template that uses a subnet in a custom mode Shared VPC network, specify the subnet and the stack type:

  POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/global/instanceTemplates
  {
  "properties": {
    "networkInterfaces": [
      {
        "subnetwork": "projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET_NAME",
        "stackType": "IPV4_IPV6"
      }
    ]
  ...
  }
  

  Replace the following:

  • HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project that contains the Shared VPC network.
  • REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
  • SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
  • SUBNET_NAME: the name of the shared subnet.

  For more information, see the instanceTemplates.insert method.

Terraform

You can use a Terraform data block to specify the host subnet information. Then use a Terraform resource to create a VM instance template. The IPv4 addresses for the VMs come from the host project's shared subnet.

The subnet must exist in the same region where the VM instances will be created.

Specify the host subnet:

examples/basic_shared_vpc/main.tf

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data "google_compute_subnetwork" "subnet" {
  name    = "my-subnet-123"
  project = var.project
  region  = "us-central1"
}

Create a VM instance template in the service project:

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resource "google_compute_instance_template" "default" {
  project      = var.service_project
  name         = "appserver-template"
  description  = "This template is used to create app server instances."
  machine_type = "n1-standard-1"
  disk {
    source_image = "debian-cloud/debian-9"
  }
  network_interface {
    subnetwork = data.google_compute_subnetwork.subnet.self_link
  }
}

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands.

Create a managed instance group

Note: Connecting to a Shared VPC network using interfaces other than nic0 is supported for the following configurations:

• Instance templates: supported in the gcloud CLI and the API.
• Managed instance groups: supported in the gcloud CLI and the API.

Keep the following in mind when creating a managed instance group using Shared VPC:

• Managed instance groups used with Shared VPC require making the Google APIs service account a Service Project Admin because tasks like automatic instance creation via autoscaling are performed by that service account.

• The standard process for creating a managed instance group involves selecting a zone or region, depending on the group type, and an instance template. (Network and subnet details are tied to the instance template.) Eligible instance templates are restricted to those that reference subnets in the same region used by the managed instance group.

• Service Project Admins can only create managed instance groups whose member instances use subnets to which they have been granted permission. Because the network and subnet details are tied to the instance template, Service Project Admins can only use templates that reference subnets that they are authorized to use.

• When Google Cloud receives a request to create a managed instance group, it checks to see if the IAM principal making the request has permission to use the subnet (in the same region as the group) specified in the instance template. If the check fails, the managed instance group is not created, and Google Cloud returns an error: Required 'compute.subnetworks.use' permission for 'projects/SUBNET_NAME.

  List available subnets to determine which ones can be used, and contact the Shared VPC Admin if the service account needs additional access. For more information, see Service Accounts as Service Project Admins.

For more information, refer to Creating Groups of Managed Instances in the Compute Engine documentation.

Create an HTTP(S) load balancer

There are many ways to configure external Application Load Balancers within a Shared VPC network. Regardless of the type of deployment, all the components of the load balancer must be in the same organization and the same Shared VPC network.

To learn more about supported Shared VPC architectures, see the following:

• Shared VPC architecture for external Application Load Balancers.
• Shared VPC architecture for internal Application Load Balancers.

Create an internal passthrough Network Load Balancer

The following example illustrates what you must consider when creating an internal passthrough Network Load Balancer in a Shared VPC network. Service Project Admins can create an internal passthrough Network Load Balancer that uses a subnet (in the host project) to which they have access. The load balancer's internal forwarding rule is defined in the service project, but its subnet reference points to a subnet in a Shared VPC network of the host project.

Before you create an internal passthrough Network Load Balancer in a Shared VPC environment, see the Shared VPC architecture.

Console

1. Go to the Load balancing page in the Google Cloud console.
   Go to the Load balancing page

2. Create your internal TCP/UDP load balancer, making the following adjustment: In the Configure frontend services section, select the Shared VPC subnet you need from the Networks shared by other projects section of the Subnet menu.

3. Finish creating the load balancer.

gcloud

When you create the internal forwarding rule, specify a subnet in the host project with the --subnet flag:

gcloud compute forwarding-rules create FR_NAME \
    --project SERVICE_PROJECT_ID \
    --load-balancing-scheme internal \
    --region REGION \
    --ip-protocol IP_PROTOCOL \
    --ports PORT,PORT,... \
    --backend-service BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME \
    --subnet projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET \
    --address INTERNAL_IP

Replace the following:

• FR_NAME: the name of the forwarding rule.
• SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
• REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
• IP_PROTOCOL: either TCP or UDP, matching the protocol of the load balancer's backend service.
• PORT: the numeric port or list of ports for the load balancer.
• BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME: the name of the backend service (created already as part of the general procedure for creating an internal passthrough Network Load Balancer).
• HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
• SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.
• INTERNAL_IP: an internal IP address in the shared subnet (if unspecified, an available one will be selected).

For more options, see the gcloud compute forwarding-rules create command.

API

Create the internal forwarding rule and specify a subnet in the host project.

POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/forwardingRules
{
  "name": "FR_NAME",
  "IPAddress": "IP_ADDRESS",
  "IPProtocol": "PROTOCOL",
  "ports": [ "PORT", ... ],
  "loadBalancingScheme": "INTERNAL",
  "subnetwork": "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNET",
  "network": "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/global/networks/NETWORK_NAME",
  "backendService": "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/SERVICE_PROJECT_ID/regions/us-west1/backendServices/BE_NAME",
  "networkTier": "PREMIUM"
}

Replace the following:

• BE_NAME: the name of the backend service (created already as part of the general procedure for creating an internal passthrough Network Load Balancer).
• FR_NAME: a name for the forwarding rule.
• HOST_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the Shared VPC host project.
• IP_ADDRESS: an internal IP address in the shared subnet.
• IP_PROTOCOL: either TCP or UDP, matching the protocol of the load balancer's backend service.
• PORT: the numeric port or list of ports for the load balancer.
• REGION: the region that contains the shared subnet.
• SERVICE_PROJECT_ID: the ID of the service project.
• SUBNET: the name of the shared subnet.

For more information, see the forwardingRules.insert method.

Terraform

You can use a Terraform data block to specify the host subnet and host network. Then use a Terraform resource to create the forwarding rule.

Specify the host network:

examples/basic_shared_vpc/main.tf

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data "google_compute_network" "network" {
  name    = "my-network-123"
  project = var.project
}

Specify the host subnet:

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data "google_compute_subnetwork" "subnet" {
  name    = "my-subnet-123"
  project = var.project
  region  = "us-central1"
}

In the service project, create a forwarding rule in the host project's network and subnet:

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resource "google_compute_forwarding_rule" "default" {
  project               = var.service_project
  name                  = "l4-ilb-forwarding-rule"
  backend_service       = google_compute_region_backend_service.default.id
  region                = "europe-west1"
  ip_protocol           = "TCP"
  load_balancing_scheme = "INTERNAL"
  all_ports             = true
  allow_global_access   = true
  network               = data.google_compute_network.network.self_link
  subnetwork            = data.google_compute_subnetwork.subnet.self_link
}

To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands.

What's next

• For more information about Shared VPC, see Shared VPC.
• For instructions about setting up Google Kubernetes Engine clusters with Shared VPC, see Set up clusters with Shared VPC.
• Learn how to set up access to a Shared VPC network from Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, or the App Engine standard environment.
• For instructions about deleting a Shared VPC setup, see Deprovision Shared VPC.