Is there any way to access Internet from private VM?

[vikasgarg04]

I want to install OS patching on my Windows Compute Engine instance that has no external ip address. I have found one option that is Cloud NAT. Is there any alternative of Cloud NAT for installing the patches on Compute engine instance?

[kumards]

Hi @vikasgarg04 , just curious... Could you help me understand why you're looking for an alternative to the fully managed Cloud NAT service?

[vikasgarg04]

Hi @kumards, Cloud NAT servers perfectly in my case. As a learner, I was just exploring if there is some other solutions available or not for the same problem.

[kumards]

Thanks for clarifying that, @vikasgarg04 .  All the best with your cloud learning journey!

[kumards · Accepted solution]

This tutorial: Deploying centralized VM-based appliances using VPC network peering shows how to set up a central NAT instance to route traffic from private VMs in multiple peered VPCs in a hub-spoke topology.

This approach might be useful when you want to set up centralized NAT for private VMs in multiple VPCs or for VMs with multiple network interfaces.

[vikasgarg04]

Thanks @kumards