VPC Networking and Google Compute Engine

Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) provides networking functionality to Compute Engine virtual machine (VM) instances, Kubernetes Engine containers, and App Engine flexible environment.

In other words, without a VPC network, you cannot create VM instances, containers, or App Engine applications. Therefore, each Google Cloud project has a default network to get you started.

A VPC network is a global resource that consists of a list of regional virtual subnetworks (subnets) in data centers, all connected by a global wide area network (WAN).

VPC networks are logically isolated from each other in Google Cloud.

In the below video, you will learn how to do the following:

• Explore the default VPC network
• Create an auto-mode network with firewall rules
• Create VM instances using Compute Engine
• Explore the connectivity for VM instances

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRpJerDA08

Steps
Task 1. Explore the default network
Task 2. Create a VPC network and VM instances
Task 3. Explore the connectivity for VM instances
Task 4. Review