Deploying a connector on Google Cloud Platform
You can deploy a connector in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment during the network creation process. You must create a Linux virtual machine (VM) on GCP on which you install the network connector.
Steps: Install a Linux VM
- Navigate to GCP and access Compute Engine > Virtual Machines > VM Instances.
- Click Create Instance.
- Enter the VM parameters.
| Parameter | Definition |
|---|---|
| Name | The name you assign to the VM. |
| Region | A specific geographical location where your VM is run. |
| Zone | Determines what computing resources are available, and where your data is stored and used. |
| Machine family | The types of VMs for common workloads, optimized for cost and flexibility. |
| Series | The CPU platform series. |
| Machine type | The VM vCPU and memory type. |
| CPU platform | The microarchitecture of your VM instance. |
| Container | Deploy a container to this VM instance by using a container-optimized OS image. |
| Boot disk | Each instance requires a disk to boot from. |
| SSH Keys | Allow access to this instance via SSH. |
| Hostname | The VM instance hostname. |
| Network | The network determines what network traffic the instance can access. |
| Subnetwork | Assigns an IPv4 address to the instance from the subnetwork range. Note: This subnetwork must be the same as the Network Subnet in the OpenVPN Cloud administration portal. |
| Primary internal IP | For ephemeral, restarting an instance won't change its internal IP, but deleting and recreating an instance will. |
| External IP | An external IP address associated with this instance. Select an unused static IP address or choose Ephemeral to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. Selecting None results in the instance having no external internet access. |
| IP forwarding | IP forwarding must be enabled. IP forwarding allows the instance to help route packets. |
- Click Create.
- Click the Select Linux Distribution dropdown and select the distribution that you want to install the connector on.
- Copy the commands shown for your terminal.
- Connect to your GCP VM through SSH and paste the commands.
- Select Yes for each prompt.
- Once the installation completes, a setup token prompt displays.
- In the OpenVPN Cloud administration portal, click Generate Token and click to copy the token.
- Access your Linux terminal and paste the token.
- The utility imports the connector profile and connects to OpenVPN Cloud.