Cannot Connect External ip address

[rondc]

I recently created a vm instance and am trying to access it via the external IP via the browser,  it times out each time.  Nothing comes up.  I can ping the IP just fine but not sure why I get no response.  Please advise.  Thans

[Willbin]

Hello @rondc,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

If you are using a Linux VM, you may use this document on how to connect to Linux VM instances that have external IP addresses using SSH-in-Browser from the Google Cloud console.

If you encounter any issues, don't hesitate to post back the error message or the exact results with any questions. We are delighted to try and help.

Thanks!