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Tutorial: Connect Your GCP VPC to CloudConnexa by Deploying a Connector

Abstract

Deploy an OpenVPN Network Connector on a GCP Compute Engine VM to connect your Google Cloud VPC to CloudConnexa — giving your remote users and other connected networks private access to GCP resources without exposing them to the public internet.

Overview

This tutorial walks you through deploying a Network Connector to a Google Cloud VPC directly from the CloudConnexa Administration portal.

CloudConnexa automatically deploys a Compute Engine VM and network to your selected GCP project, installs the Connector software, and enables the required networking configuration. This provides secure private network access between your Google Cloud VPC and users or other networks connected through CloudConnexa.

Many administrators use this deployment as a site-to-site connection between their Google Cloud environment and CloudConnexa.

Before you begin

Before starting this tutorial, ensure you have:

  • A CloudConnexa account and Cloud ID.

  • A Google Cloud Platform account.

  • Permission to create Compute Engine VM instances in your Google Cloud project.

  • A Google Cloud VPC where you want to deploy the Connector.

Step 1: Create a Network

To create a Network, follow the steps below:

  2. Navigate to Networks.

  3. Select Add Network and select your desired network scenario.

  4. Complete the Define Network page.

  5. Select Next.

The Deploy Network Connector page displays.

Step 2: Sign in to Google Cloud

To authorize CloudConnexa to deploy the Connector, follow the steps below:

  1. On the Deploy Network Connector page, select Google Cloud Platform (GCP) from the drop-down.

  2. Select Sign in to GCP.

  3. In the authentication dialog, sign in using your Google account.

  4. Review and grant the requested permissions.

After authentication, your GCP account is available for deployment.

Step 3: Configure the Connector deployment

To configure the Connector deployment, follow the steps below:

  1. Select the GCP Project where you want CloudConnexa to deploy the Connector.

  2. Select a network.

  3. Enter a VM Name.

  4. Select the Region and Zone for the Compute Engine VM.

  5. Select Deploy.

CloudConnexa creates the Compute Engine VM, installs the Connector software, and enables IP forwarding. Deployment typically takes several minutes.

Note

Google Cloud requires IP forwarding to be enabled on the Connector VM so it can route traffic between your VPC and CloudConnexa. This differs from AWS, which uses source/destination checks to control routing behavior.

Verify the Connector

Note

Deployment typically takes several minutes.

After deployment completes:

  1. If deployment succeeds, the Connector status displays as Connected.

  2. If deployment fails, CloudConnexa displays an error message so you can review and correct the deployment configuration.

Select Finish to complete the deployment.

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