Configure address groups for firewall policies

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VPC networks page.

   Go to VPC networks

2. Click Create VPC network.

3. For Name, enter vpc-consumer.

4. For Subnet creation mode, select Custom.

5. In the New subnet section, specify the following configuration parameters for a subnet:

   • Name: subnet-consumer-allowed
   • Region: us-central1
   • IPv4 range: 192.168.10.0/29

6. Click Done.

7. Click Add subnet and specify the following configuration parameters:

   • Name: subnet-consumer-blocked
   • Region: us-central1
   • IPv4 range: 192.168.20.0/29

8. Click Done.

9. Click Create.

gcloud

1. In the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.

   Activate Cloud Shell

2. To create a VPC network, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks create vpc-consumer \
     --subnet-mode=custom
   

3. In the Authorize cloud shell dialog, click Authorize.

4. To create a subnet, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks subnets create subnet-consumer-allowed \
     --network=vpc-consumer \
     --region=us-central1 \
     --range=192.168.10.0/29
   

5. To create another subnet, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks subnets create subnet-consumer-blocked \
     --network=vpc-consumer \
     --region=us-central1 \
     --range=192.168.20.0/29
   

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VPC networks page.

   Go to VPC networks

2. Click Create VPC network.

3. For Name, enter vpc-producer.

4. For Subnet creation mode, select Custom.

5. In the New subnet section, specify the following configuration parameters for a subnet:

   • Name: subnet-vpc-producer
   • Region: us-central1
   • IPv4 range: 172.16.10.0/29

6. Click Done.

7. Click Create.

gcloud

1. To create a VPC network, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks create vpc-producer \
     --subnet-mode=custom
   

2. To create the subnet, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks subnets create subnet-vpc-producer \
     --network=vpc-producer \
     --region=us-central1 \
     --range=172.16.10.0/29
   

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud NAT page.

   Go to Cloud NAT

2. Click Get started or Create Cloud NAT gateway.

3. For Gateway name, enter nat-gateway-addressgrp.

4. For NAT type, select Public.

5. In the Select Cloud Router section, specify the following configuration parameters:

   • Network: vpc-producer
   • Region: us-central1 (lowa)
   • Cloud Router: Click Create new router.
     1. For Name, enter router-addressgrp.
     2. Click Create.

6. Click Create.

gcloud

1. To create a Cloud Router, run the following command:

   gcloud compute routers create router-addressgrp \
     --network=vpc-producer \
     --region=us-central1
   

2. To create a Cloud NAT gateway, run the following command:

   gcloud compute routers nats create nat-gateway-addressgrp \
     --router=router-addressgrp \
     --region=us-central1 \
     --auto-allocate-nat-external-ips \
     --nat-all-subnet-ip-ranges
   

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Create an instance page.

   Go to Create an instance

2. For Name, enter vm-consumer-allowed.

3. For Region, select us-central1 (Iowa).

4. Expand Advanced options and then expand Networking.

5. In the Network interfaces section, expand default and specify the following configuration parameters:

   • Network: vpc-consumer
   • Subnetwork: subnet-consumer-allowed IPv4 (192.168.10.0/29)
   • External IPv4 address: None

6. Click Done.

7. Click Create.

gcloud

gcloud compute instances create vm-consumer-allowed \
     --network=vpc-consumer \
     --zone=us-central1-a \
     --stack-type=IPV4_ONLY \
     --no-address \
     --subnet=subnet-consumer-allowed

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Create an instance page.

   Go to Create an instance

2. For Name, enter vm-consumer-blocked.

3. For Region, select us-central1 (Iowa).

4. Expand Advanced options and then expand Networking.

5. In the Network interfaces section, expand default and specify the following configuration parameters:

   • Network: vpc-consumer
   • Subnetwork: subnet-consumer-blocked IPv4 (192.168.20.0/29)
   • External IPv4 address: None

6. Click Done.

7. Click Create.

gcloud

gcloud compute instances create vm-consumer-blocked \
    --network=vpc-consumer \
    --zone=us-central1-a \
    --stack-type=IPV4_ONLY \
    --no-address \
    --subnet=subnet-consumer-blocked

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Create an instance page.

   Go to Create an instance

2. For Name, enter vm-producer.

3. For Region, select us-central1 (Iowa).

4. Expand Advanced options and then expand Networking.

5. In the Network interfaces section, expand default and specify the following configuration parameters:

   • Network: vpc-producer
   • Subnetwork: subnet-vpc-producer IPv4 (172.16.10.0/29)

6. Click Done.

7. Expand the Management section.

8. In the Automation section, enter the following script in the Startup script field:

     #! /bin/bash
     apt-get update
     apt-get install apache2 -y
     a2ensite default-ssl
     a2enmod ssl
     # Read VM network configuration:
     md_vm="http://169.254.169.254/computeMetadata/v1/instance/"
     vm_hostname="$(curl $md_vm/name -H "Metadata-Flavor:Google" )"
     filter="{print \$NF}"
     vm_network="$(curl $md_vm/network-interfaces/0/network \
     -H "Metadata-Flavor:Google" | awk -F/ "${filter}")"
     vm_zone="$(curl $md_vm/zone \
     -H "Metadata-Flavor:Google" | awk -F/ "${filter}")"
     # Apache configuration:
     echo "Page on $vm_hostname in network $vm_network zone $vm_zone" | \
     tee /var/www/html/index.html
     systemctl restart apache2
   

   The preceding script deploys and starts an Apache web server in this VM.

9. Click Create.

gcloud

To create a producer VM, run the following command:

  gcloud compute instances create vm-producer \
      --network=vpc-producer \
      --zone=us-central1-a \
      --stack-type=IPV4_ONLY \
      --no-address \
      --subnet=subnet-vpc-producer \
      --image-project=debian-cloud \
      --image-family=debian-10 \
      --metadata=startup-script='#! /bin/bash
        apt-get update
        apt-get install apache2 -y
        a2ensite default-ssl
        a2enmod ssl
        # Read VM network configuration:
        md_vm="http://169.254.169.254/computeMetadata/v1/instance/"
        vm_hostname="$(curl $md_vm/name -H "Metadata-Flavor:Google" )"
        filter="{print \$NF}"
        vm_network="$(curl $md_vm/network-interfaces/0/network \
        -H "Metadata-Flavor:Google" | awk -F/ "${filter}")"
        vm_zone="$(curl $md_vm/zone \
        -H "Metadata-Flavor:Google" | awk -F/ "${filter}")"
        # Apache configuration:
        echo "Page on $vm_hostname in network $vm_network zone $vm_zone" | \
        tee /var/www/html/index.html
        systemctl restart apache2'

Console

To create VPC Network Peering between the vpc-consumer and the vpc-producer networks, follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VPC network peering page.

   Go to VPC network peering

2. Click Create connection.

3. Click Continue.

4. In the Name field, enter peering-cp.

5. Under Your VPC network, select vpc-consumer.

6. Under VPC network name, select vpc-producer.

7. Click Create.

gcloud

To create VPC Network Peering between vpc-consumer and vpc-producer, run the following command:

gcloud compute networks peerings create peering-cp \
    --network=vpc-consumer \
    --peer-network=vpc-producer \
    --stack-type=IPV4_ONLY

Console

To create VPC Network Peering between vpc-producer and vpc-consumer, follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VPC network peering page .

   Go to VPC network peering

2. Click Create connection.

3. Click Continue.

4. In the Name field, enter peering-pc.

5. Under Your VPC network, select vpc-producer.

6. Under VPC network name, select vpc-consumer.

7. Click Create.

gcloud

To create VPC Network Peering between vpc-producer and vpc-consumer, run the following command:

gcloud compute networks peerings create peering-pc \
    --network=vpc-producer \
    --peer-network=vpc-consumer \
    --stack-type=IPV4_ONLY

Console

To allow IAP access to all VM instances in the vpc-consumer and the vpc-producer networks, follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Firewall policies page.

   Go to Firewall policies

2. Click Create firewall policy.

3. In the Configure policy section, for Policy name, enter fw-policy-addressgrp.

4. For Deployment scope, select Global and click Continue.

5. To create rules for your policy, in the Add rules section, click Add rule.

   1. For Priority, enter 100.
   2. For Direction of traffic, select Ingress.
   3. For Action on match, select Allow.
   4. In the Target section, for Target type, select All instances in the network.
   5. In the Source section, for IP ranges, enter 35.235.240.0/20.
   6. In the Protocol and ports section, select Specified protocols and ports.
   7. Select the TCP checkbox, and for Ports, enter 22.
   8. Click Create.

6. Click Continue.

7. To associate a VPC network with the policy, in the Associate policy with VPC networks section, click Associate.

8. Select the checkboxes of vpc-producer and vpc-consumer, and then click Associate.

9. Click Continue.

10. Click Create.

gcloud

To let IAP access the VM instances in the vpc-producer network, run the following command:

1. To create a firewall policy, run the following command:

   gcloud compute network-firewall-policies create fw-policy-addressgrp \
       --global
   

2. To create a firewall rule that allows traffic to all destinations and enables logs, run the following command:

   gcloud compute network-firewall-policies rules create 100 \
       --firewall-policy=fw-policy-addressgrp \
       --direction=INGRESS \
       --action=ALLOW \
       --layer4-configs=tcp:22 \
       --src-ip-ranges=35.235.240.0/20 \
       --global-firewall-policy
   

3. To associate the firewall policy with the producer VPC network, run the following command:

   gcloud compute network-firewall-policies associations create \
       --firewall-policy=fw-policy-addressgrp \
       --network=vpc-producer \
       --name=pol-association-vpc-producer \
       --global-firewall-policy
   

4. To associate the firewall policy with the consumer VPC network, run the following command:

   gcloud compute network-firewall-policies associations create \
       --firewall-policy=fw-policy-addressgrp \
       --network=vpc-consumer \
       --name=pol-association-vpc-consumer \
       --global-firewall-policy
   

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Address groups page.

   Go to Address groups

2. Click add_boxCreate Address Group.

3. In the Name field, enter address-group-pc.

4. For Scope, choose Global.

5. For Type, select IPv4.

6. In the Capacity field, enter 1000.

7. In the IP Addresses field, enter 192.168.10.0/29.

8. Click Create.

gcloud

1. If you are using the Cloud Shell terminal for the first time, click Activate Cloud Shell in the Google Cloud console.

2. To create an address group, run the following command:

   gcloud network-security address-groups create address-group-pc \
       --type IPv4 \
       --capacity 1000 \
       --location global
   

3. In the Authorize cloud shell dialog, click Authorize.

4. To add an item to an address group, run the following command:

   gcloud network-security address-groups add-items address-group-pc \
       --items 192.168.10.0/29 \
       --location global
   

   Remember, the IP range 192.168.10.0/29 is assigned to the subnet-consumer-allowed subnet of the vpc-consumer VPC network.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Firewall policies page.

   Go to Firewall policies

2. In the Network firewall policies section, click fw-policy-addressgrp.

3. Click Create rule.

4. For Priority, enter 150.

5. For Direction of traffic, select Ingress.

6. For Action on match, select Allow.

7. For Logs, select On.

8. In the Target section, for Target type, select All instances in the network.

9. In the Source section, for Address group, select address-group-pc (PROJECT_ID) and click OK.

   Remember, the address-group-pc IP address group has an IP range of 192.168.10.0/29 which is assigned to the subnet subnet-consumer-allowed of the consumer VPC network.

10. Click Create.

gcloud

To update the firewall policy, run the following command:

gcloud compute network-firewall-policies rules create 150 \
    --firewall-policy=fw-policy-addressgrp \
    --direction=INGRESS \
    --action=ALLOW \
    --src-address-groups=projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/global/addressGroups/address-group-pc \
    --layer4-configs=all \
    --global-firewall-policy \
    --enable-logging

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VM instances page.

   Go to VM instances

2. From the Internal IP column of the vm-producer VM, copy the internal IP address of the VM.

3. In the Connect column of the vm-consumer-allowed VM, click SSH.

4. In the SSH-in-browser dialog, click Authorize and wait for the connection to establish.

5. To verify the connection, run the following command:

   curl INTERNAL_IP -m 2
   

   Replace INTERNAL_IP with the IP address of the vm-producer VM.

   The output is similar to the following:

   <!doctype html><html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>

6. Close the SSH-in-browser dialog.

gcloud

1. To view the internal IP address of the vm-producer VM, run the following command:

   gcloud compute instances describe vm-producer \
      --zone=us-central1-a \
      --format='get(networkInterfaces[0].networkIP)'
   

   When prompted, press n to confirm, and then press Enter. Make sure to note the internal IP address of your vm-producer VM.

2. To use SSH to connect to the vm-consumer-allowed VM, run the following command:

   gcloud compute ssh vm-consumer-allowed \
      --zone=us-central1-a \
      --tunnel-through-iap
   

3. To verify the connection, run the following command:

   curl INTERNAL_IP -m 2
   

   Replace INTERNAL_IP with the internal IP address of the vm-producer VM.

   The expected response message is as follows:

   <!doctype html><html><body><h1>Hello World!</h1></body></html>

4. To exit the SSH connection, enter exit.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VM instances page.

   Go to VM instances

2. From the Internal IP column of the vm-producer VM, copy the internal IP address of the VM.

3. In the Connect column of the vm-consumer-blocked VM, click SSH.

4. In the SSH-in-browser dialog, click Authorize and wait for the connection to establish.

5. To verify the connection, run the following command:

   curl INTERNAL_IP -m 2
   

   Replace INTERNAL_IP with the IP address of the vm-producer VM.

   The Connection timed out message is expected because every VM creates an implicit ingress firewall rule that denies all traffic. To allow traffic, you add an ingress rule to the firewall policy.

6. Close the SSH-in-browser dialog.

gcloud

1. To view the internal IP address of the vm-producer VM, run the following command:

   gcloud compute instances describe vm-producer \
      --zone=us-central1-a \
      --format='get(networkInterfaces[0].networkIP)'
   

   When prompted, press n to confirm, and then press Enter. Make sure to note the internal IP address of your vm-producer VM.

2. To use SSH to connect to the vm-consumer-blocked VM, run the following command:

   gcloud compute ssh vm-consumer-blocked \
      --zone=us-central1-a \
      --tunnel-through-iap
   

3. To verify the connection, run the following command:

   curl INTERNAL_IP -m 2
   

   Replace INTERNAL_IP with the internal IP address of the vm-producer VM.

   The Connection timed out message is expected because every VM creates an implicit ingress firewall rule that denies all traffic. To allow traffic, you add an ingress rule to the firewall policy.

4. To exit the SSH connection, enter exit.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Firewall policies page.

   Go to Firewall policies

2. In the Network firewall policies section, click fw-policy-addressgrp.

3. In the Firewall rules section, select the checkbox of the firewall rule 150.

4. Click deleteDelete.

5. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Address groups page.

   Go to Address groups

6. In the Address groups section, select the checkbox next to address-group-pc.

7. Click deleteDelete, and then click Delete again to confirm.

gcloud

1. To delete the firewall rule associated with the address-group-pc IP address group, run the following command:

   gcloud compute network-firewall-policies rules delete 150 \
       --firewall-policy fw-policy-addressgrp \
       --global-firewall-policy
   

2. To remove an existing item from an address group, run the following command:

   gcloud network-security address-groups remove-items address-group-pc \
       --items 192.168.10.0/29 \
       --location global
   

3. To delete an IP address group, run the following command:

   gcloud network-security address-groups delete address-group-pc \
       --location global
   

   When prompted, press Y to confirm, and then press Enter.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Firewall policies page.

   Go to Firewall policies

2. In the Network firewall policies section, click the fw-policy-addressgrp name.

3. Click the Associations tab.

4. Select the checkbox of the vpc-producer VM and the vpc-consumer VM, and then click Remove association.

5. In the Remove a firewall policy association dialog, click Remove.

6. Next to the fw-policy-addressgrp title, click Delete.

7. In the Delete a firewall policy dialog, click Delete.

gcloud

1. Remove the association between the firewall policy and the VPC producer network.

   gcloud compute network-firewall-policies associations delete \
     --name=pol-association-vpc-producer \
     --firewall-policy=fw-policy-addressgrp \
     --global-firewall-policy
   

2. Remove the association between the firewall policy and the VPC consumer network.

   gcloud compute network-firewall-policies associations delete \
     --name=pol-association-vpc-consumer \
     --firewall-policy=fw-policy-addressgrp \
     --global-firewall-policy
   

3. Delete the firewall policy.

   gcloud compute network-firewall-policies delete fw-policy-addressgrp \
       --global
   

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VPC network peering page.

   Go to VPC network peering

2. Select the checkboxes of peering-cp and peering-pc.

3. Click Delete.

4. In the Delete 2 peerings? dialog, click Delete.

gcloud

1. To delete the peering between consumer VPC and producer VPC, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks peerings delete peering-cp \
       --network=vpc-consumer
   

2. To delete the peering between producer VPC and consumer VPC , run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks peerings delete peering-pc \
       --network=vpc-producer
   

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud routers page.

   Go to Cloud routers

2. Select the router-addressgrp checkbox.

3. Click Delete.

4. In the Delete router-addressgrp dialog, click Delete.

When you delete a Cloud Router, the associated Cloud NAT gateway is also deleted.

gcloud

To delete the router-addressgrp Cloud Router, run the following command:

gcloud compute routers delete router-addressgrp \
    --region=us-central1

When prompted, press Y to confirm, and then press Enter.

When you delete a Cloud Router, the associated Cloud NAT gateway is also deleted.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VM instances page.

   Go to VM instances

2. Select the checkboxes of the vm-consumer-allowed, vm-consumer-blocked, and vm-producer VMs.

3. Click Delete.

4. In the Delete 3 instances? dialog, click Delete.

gcloud

1. To delete all of the VMs, run the following command:

   gcloud compute instances delete vm-consumer-allowed vm-consumer-blocked vm-producer \
       --zone=us-central1-a
   

   When prompted, press Y to confirm, and then press Enter.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VPC networks page.

   Go to VPC networks

2. In the Name column, click vpc-consumer.

3. Click Delete VPC network.

4. In the Delete a network dialog, click Delete.

When you delete a VPC, its subnets are also deleted.

gcloud

1. To delete the subnets of the vpc-consumer VPC network, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks subnets delete subnet-consumer-allowed subnet-consumer-blocked \
      --region=us-central1
   

   When prompted, press Y to confirm, and then press Enter.

2. To delete the vpc-consumer VPC network, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks delete vpc-consumer
   

   When prompted, press Y to confirm, and then press Enter.

Console

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the VPC networks page.

   Go to VPC networks

2. In the Name column, click vpc-producer.

3. Click Delete VPC network.

4. In the Delete a network dialog, click Delete.

When you delete a VPC, its subnets are also deleted.

gcloud

1. To delete the subnet of the vpc-producer VPC network, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks subnets delete subnet-vpc-producer \
      --region=us-central1
   

   When prompted, press Y to confirm and press Enter.

2. To delete the vpc-producer VPC network, run the following command:

   gcloud compute networks delete vpc-producer
   

   When prompted, press Y to confirm, and then press Enter.