What is the purpose of a Cloud NAT gateway in GCP?

Google Cloud (GCP) Hard

Google Cloud (GCP) — Hard

What is the purpose of a Cloud NAT gateway in GCP?

Key points

  • Cloud NAT gateway handles outbound traffic from VMs without external IPs
  • It translates private IPs to public IPs for internet access
  • This service is specific to VMs without external IP addresses
  • Load balancing and IP translation are handled by different services

Ready to go further?

Related questions