Private access options
Google provides various options to let VM instances reach supported APIs and services without the need for an external IP address. Depending on your use case you can configure one or all of the options available and they operate independently of each other. As a high-level overview, here are the reasons for using each option:
- Private Service Connect for Google APIs: Used to connect to Google APIs and services using an endpoint in our VPC network if on-premises and GCP resources don't require an external IP address.
- Private Google Access: Used to connect to Google APIs and services without giving our GCP resources external IP addresses.
- Private Google Access for on-premises hosts: Used to connect to Google APIs and services through a VPC network if your on-premises host does not require an external IP address.
- Private Service Connect for services: Used to connect to supported services in another VPC network without assigning an external...