Custom VPC creation in GCP - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Custom VPC creation

📖 Scenario: You are setting up a new Google Cloud environment for a small company. They want a custom Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network to control their cloud resources and traffic.

🎯 Goal: Create a custom VPC network with one subnet in a specific region. This network will be the foundation for deploying cloud resources securely.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a custom VPC network named custom-vpc

Add a subnet named custom-subnet in the us-central1 region

Set the subnet IP range to 10.0.0.0/24

Ensure the VPC is set to custom subnet mode

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Custom VPCs let companies control their cloud network layout, improving security and traffic management.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers often create and manage VPCs to isolate resources and meet organizational policies.

1

Create a custom VPC network

Create a variable called network_name and set it to the string custom-vpc.

GCP

# Create a variable called network_name and set it to 'custom-vpc'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use quotes around the network name string.

2

Define the subnet configuration

Create a dictionary called subnet_config with keys name, region, and ip_cidr_range. Set their values to custom-subnet, us-central1, and 10.0.0.0/24 respectively.

GCP

network_name = "custom-vpc"
# Create a dictionary called subnet_config with the specified keys and values
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces to create the dictionary and separate keys and values with colons.

3

Create the VPC network configuration

Create a dictionary called vpc_config with keys name, auto_create_subnetworks, and subnetworks. Set name to network_name, auto_create_subnetworks to False, and subnetworks to a list containing subnet_config.

GCP

network_name = "custom-vpc"
subnet_config = {
    "name": "custom-subnet",
    "region": "us-central1",
    "ip_cidr_range": "10.0.0.0/24"
}
# Create a dictionary called vpc_config with the specified keys and values
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Remember to use the variable network_name for the name key and put subnet_config inside a list for subnetworks.

4

Add the final VPC creation command

Create a dictionary called create_vpc_request with a single key network set to vpc_config.

GCP

network_name = "custom-vpc"
subnet_config = {
    "name": "custom-subnet",
    "region": "us-central1",
    "ip_cidr_range": "10.0.0.0/24"
}
vpc_config = {
    "name": network_name,
    "auto_create_subnetworks": False,
    "subnetworks": [subnet_config]
}
# Create a dictionary called create_vpc_request with key 'network' set to vpc_config
# Your code here

Need a hint?

This dictionary represents the final request to create the VPC network.