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GCP PlayCloud Labs

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