Cloud Interconnect for dedicated connections in GCP - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Cloud Interconnect for Dedicated Connections

📖 Scenario: You work for a company that needs a fast and secure connection between its on-premises data center and Google Cloud. You will set up a Cloud Interconnect dedicated connection to link the two networks.

🎯 Goal: Build a Cloud Interconnect dedicated connection configuration using Google Cloud SDK commands and configuration variables.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a variable for the Interconnect name with the exact value 'my-dedicated-interconnect'

Create a variable for the location with the exact value 'equinix-nyc'

Create a variable for the VLAN attachment name with the exact value 'my-vlan-attachment'

Create a variable for the VLAN ID with the exact value 1234

Use gcloud commands to create the Interconnect and VLAN attachment with the above variables

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Companies use Cloud Interconnect dedicated connections to securely and quickly connect their private data centers to Google Cloud, improving performance and security.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and network administrators often configure and manage Cloud Interconnects to ensure reliable hybrid cloud connectivity.

1

Create Interconnect variables

Create a variable called interconnect_name and set it to the string 'my-dedicated-interconnect'. Also create a variable called location and set it to the string 'equinix-nyc'.

GCP

# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use simple assignment statements to create the variables with the exact names and values.

2

Add VLAN attachment variables

Create a variable called vlan_attachment_name and set it to the string 'my-vlan-attachment'. Also create a variable called vlan_id and set it to the integer 1234.

GCP

interconnect_name = 'my-dedicated-interconnect'
location = 'equinix-nyc'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use assignment statements with the exact variable names and values.

3

Create the Interconnect using gcloud command

Write a string variable called create_interconnect_cmd that contains the exact gcloud command to create a dedicated Interconnect with the name interconnect_name and location location. The command should be: gcloud compute interconnects create my-dedicated-interconnect --location=equinix-nyc --type=DEDICATED but use the variables instead of hardcoded strings.

GCP

interconnect_name = 'my-dedicated-interconnect'
location = 'equinix-nyc'
vlan_attachment_name = 'my-vlan-attachment'
vlan_id = 1234
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use an f-string to insert the variables into the command string.

4

Create the VLAN attachment command

Write a string variable called create_vlan_attachment_cmd that contains the exact gcloud command to create a VLAN attachment with the name vlan_attachment_name, interconnect interconnect_name, and VLAN ID vlan_id. The command should be: gcloud compute interconnects attachments create my-vlan-attachment --interconnect=my-dedicated-interconnect --vlan=1234 --region=us-east1 but use the variables and the region us-east1 exactly as shown.

GCP

interconnect_name = 'my-dedicated-interconnect'
location = 'equinix-nyc'
vlan_attachment_name = 'my-vlan-attachment'
vlan_id = 1234
create_interconnect_cmd = f"gcloud compute interconnects create {interconnect_name} --location={location} --type=DEDICATED"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use an f-string to build the VLAN attachment command with the exact region 'us-east1'.