This page describes how to request an instance of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Sandbox, and how to share it with others in your organization.
Get access to GDC Sandbox
To get access to your own Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Sandbox instance, contact the GDC Sandbox team. You will be asked to supply some information, including:
- The email address for the Google Account of the primary administrator.
- A Google Group for managing access. Users added to this group will be able to sign into this instance, up to a maximum of 25 users.
Once you have completed the sales process, a new instance will be created for you. You will receive a GDC Sandbox offer email containing the connection information for your instance. Keep this offer email, and share the information in it with any other potential users. You can use the information in this email to Connect to your GDC Sandbox instance.
Adding users
To grant access to a teammate or other user, add them to the Google Group that was specified during the sales process. Once they have been added to the group, their access will be granted within a few minutes. they can connect to your instance by following the instructions to Connect to the instance, using their own Google credentials to initiate the connection.
Removing users
To remove a user's access to your instance, remove them from the Google Group that controls access.
Instance updates
As described in What is a Sandbox?, instances of GDC Sandbox are not persistent over the long term; they are subject to being refreshed periodically. When an instance is regenerated, the connection information such as the instance name will be different. An email with the new connection information will be sent to the primary account administrator. containing the updated connection information.