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  1. GCP PlayCloud Labs
  2. Guided Lab: Creating a Cloud Storage Bucket
  3. Guided Lab: How to Launch a GCP Compute Engine Linux Instance
  4. Guided Lab: Creating a Cloud SQL Instance
  5. Guided Lab: Creating a Cloud NAT Gateway
  6. Guided Lab: Running SQL Commands in Cloud SQL Studio
  7. Guided Lab: Hosting a Static Website in Google Cloud Storage Bucket
  8. Guided Lab: Creating and Restoring Cloud SQL Backups
  9. Guided Lab: Vertically Scaling a VM Instance
  10. Guided Lab: Creating a Custom Image from a VM Instance with Web Server in Google Cloud
  11. Guided Lab: Setting up a Web Server on a VM Instance
  12. Guided Lab: Creating a Spot VM Instance
  13. Guided Lab: Exploring Instance Metadata in Google Cloud
  14. Guided Lab: Setting Up and Managing a Database on a VM Instance
  15. Guided Lab: Integrating Cloud SQL Database instance with a VM instance
  16. Guided Lab: Connecting Cloud SQL Database with MySQL Workbench (Local)
  17. Guided Lab: Creating a VM Using Instance Templates
  18. Guided Lab: Installing WordPress on an Ubuntu VM Instance with LEMP Stack
  19. Guided Lab: Reserving or Promoting a Static IP Address for a VM Instance
  20. Guided Lab: Creating a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Cluster
  21. Guided Lab: Protecting Data on Cloud Storage Bucket Against Accidental Delete and Overwrite Using Object Versioning
  22. Guided Lab: Connecting to a Kubernetes Engine Cluster
  23. Guided Lab: Creating and Managing Instance Groups in Compute Engine
  24. Guided Lab: Configuring Shielded VM Options
  25. Guided Lab: SSH Access to GCP VM Instance from Local Machine using SSH Key Pair
  26. Guided Lab: Deploying a Simple Web Application on GKE
  27. Guided Lab: Configuring Firewall Rules to Secure and Access a VM
  28. Guided Lab: Establishing VPC Peering for Secure Cross‑Network Communication
  29. Guided Lab: Creating a Custom Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
  30. Guided Lab: Using Startup Scripts in GCP VM Instances
  31. Guided Lab: Deploying a LAMP Stack on a Compute Engine VM
  32. Guided Lab: Managing Cloud Storage Buckets via SSH Commands
  33. Guided Lab: Guarding Your VM with Deletion Protection
  34. Guided Lab: Using Cloud Storage Lifecycle Rules to Automate Object Management
  35. Guided Lab: Guarding Your Cloud SQL Instances with Deletion Protection
  36. Guided Lab: Exploring Google Cloud Storage Classes
  37. Guided Lab: Setting Up a Linux Bastion Host on GCP
  38. Guided Lab: Uploading, Organizing, and Managing Objects in Cloud Storage
  39. Guided Lab: Creating an Application Load Balancer
  40. Guided Lab: Creating a Network Load Balancer
  41. Guided Lab: Creating VM Snapshots and Restoring a VM from a Snapshot
GCP PlayCloud Labs Guided Lab: Creating a Custom Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
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Guided Lab: Creating a Custom Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Jon-Bonso

Description

A VPC can automatically build your network topology by assigning subnet ranges and policies, or you can customize them yourself. CIDR ranges can also be expanded without causing downtime.

In this lab, you will create a custom VPC in Google Cloud with subnets, firewall rules, and a VM instance to verify connectivity. By the end, you’ll have a working network environment suitable for hosting applications.

Prerequisites

To ensure the successful completion of this lab, you must have prior experience in creating VM instances and be familiar with their essential components. If you feel that your knowledge in this area is insufficient, we highly recommend taking this lab to gain the necessary understanding:

Objectives

In this lab, you will:

  • Create a custom VPC with a defined IP range
  • Add a subnet
  • Configure firewall rules for SSH and ICMP during VPC creation
  • Launch a VM instance in the VPC
  • Verify connectivity

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Lab Steps

Create the VPC

1. In the Google Cloud Console, navigate to VPC network → VPC networks

2. Click Create VPC network

3. Enter:

  • Name: custom-vpc
  • Subnet creation mode: Custom

4. Add a subnet:

  • demo-subnet: 10.0.1.0/24 (Region: us-central1)

5. Under Firewall rules, select All IPv4 firewall rules. This automatically creates rules to allow SSH, RDP, and ICMP traffic.

6. Leave other configurations at their default values.

7. Click Create

    Launch a VM in the Subnet

    1. Go to Compute Engine → VM instances → Create instance.

    2. Configure the VM:

      • Name: test-vm
      • Machine type: Choose the e2-micro machine type.
      • Region/Zone: us-central1-a
      • Under Networking > Network interfaces
        • Edit the Network interface from default to custom-vpc
      • Subnet: demo-subnet
      • Leave other configurations at their default values.

      3. Click Create

        Test Connectivity

        From the Cloud Console SSH session:

        • Run ping google.com → should succeed.
        • Run curl ifconfig.me → should return the VM’s public IP.

        Congratulations! You have successfully created a custom VPC, configured firewall rules during creation, launched a VM, and verified connectivity.

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