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Connect VPCs with Network Peering on the Google Cloud Platform

In this lab, we will take three disconnected VPC networks and enable private RFC 1918 communication via network peering on GCP. Network peering allows you to take any Google Cloud VPC and establish a private network connection with another GCP VPC so traffic between them does not touch the public internet.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 19, 2025
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Establish Network Peering Connections between Network 1 and Network 2

    Use the Google Cloud console to create the necessary connections to peer Networks 1 and 2.

  2. Challenge

    Establish Network Peering Connections between Network 1 and Network 3

    Use the Google Cloud console to create the necessary connections to peer Networks 1 and 3.

  3. Challenge

    Create Firewall Rule for ICMP Access

    Define a firewall rule for Network 3 that will allow ICMP access from IP addresses in both Network 1 and Network 2.

  4. Challenge

    Test Private Network Connectivity Between Peered Networks

    Using SSH, attempt to ping the instance in Network 3 from the instances in Networks 1 and 2 to verify firewall rule effectiveness.

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