Which of the below listed Google Cloud services should be used to facilitate internet access to the applications in a private instance?
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A. B. C. D.Correct Answer: C.
Option A is Incorrect.
Cloud CDN is a content delivery network that helps serve content to the users from the nearest locations.
Option B is Incorrect.
Cloud Interconnect provides a highly available, low latency connection to connect on-premises network and Google cloud network.
Option C is Correct.
Cloud NAT (Network address translation) enables the applications in private instances to access the internet.
Option D is Incorrect.
Traffic director helps in global load balancing deployment across multi-region virtual machine (VM) instances.
https://cloud.google.com/cdn https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/interconnect https://cloud.google.com/nat https://cloud.google.com/traffic-directorThe correct answer is Cloud NAT.
When you have applications running on a private instance on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), it is not accessible to the internet directly. Therefore, to allow internet access to those applications, you need to use a Network Address Translation (NAT) service.
Cloud NAT is a Google Cloud service that enables private instances to access the internet, without the need for a public IP address for each instance. With Cloud NAT, private instances can send and receive traffic to and from the internet, using a single or a small group of public IP addresses that are managed by Cloud NAT.
Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a service that caches static content, like images, videos, and HTML files in multiple locations worldwide, to reduce the latency of serving content to users. It is not relevant for facilitating internet access to applications running on private instances.
Cloud Interconnect is a service that connects on-premises data centers to Google Cloud Platform. It is used to establish a private, high-throughput and low-latency connection between your data center and GCP. It is not relevant for facilitating internet access to applications running on private instances.
Traffic Director is a service that provides traffic management for microservices-based applications that run on GCP or hybrid environments. It is not relevant for facilitating internet access to applications running on private instances.
In summary, to facilitate internet access to applications running on a private instance, you should use Cloud NAT.