Create A Google Cloud NAT Gateway
We are creating a Google Cloud NAT (Network Address Translator) Gateway. To connect to the internet from private node that doesn’t have external IP.
In Google Cloud NAT, first create a NAT gateway in the VPC:
Step 1: In the GCP console, go to the Cloud NAT page.
Step 2: Then, click on get started or create on Create Cloud NAT gateway
Step 3: Enter the Gateway name.
Step 4: Now, Select the VPC network.
Step 5: Set the Region for the NAT gateway.
Step 6: Then, select or create a Cloud Router in the region.
Step 7: Now, set NAT IP addresses to Manual.
Step 8: Select or create a static reserved external IP address to use for NAT.
Step 9: Now, if you want to specify additional IP addresses , click on Add IP address , and then select or create an additional static reserved external IP address.
Step 10: Now, click Create.
- Make sure that the NAT gateway is already running before we run an advanced one.
- The following image shows an example NAT gateway configuration in cloud platform.
Steps By Guide To Work With Cloud NAT and Cloud Traffic Director
We should know the importance of tools like- Google Cloud Nat and Cloud Traffic Director, to optimize the network resources on the cloud platform, basically on Google Cloud. Google Cloud Nat helps in connecting private events to the internet without the need to do complex configuration or perform IP address management. Cloud Traffic Director is another tool, that used to be very important, As it helps in providing advanced metrics and also helps in traffic management, which is very crucial in the process of optimization of service’s traffic.
With the help of this article, we are going to understand all the basics of these two important tools, their capabilities, and how they can improve our network services. These tools increase performance and the overall experience. We also learn and understand step-by-step instructions that are required and also understand the best practices to acquire network optimization using these tools.