VPC Networking

DNS, CDN and the network edge. Draw this when latency or egress is the question.

Format.puml
Length29 lines
LibraryGoogle Cloud icons

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@startuml
!include <gcp/GCPCommon>
!include <gcp/cloud_dns>
!include <gcp/cloud_cdn>
!include <gcp/cloud_armor>
!include <gcp/cloud_load_balancing>
!include <gcp/virtual_private_cloud>
!include <gcp/compute_engine>
!include <gcp/cloud_nat>

title GCP — VPC networking

left to right direction

GCP_CLOUD_DNS(dns, "Cloud DNS")
GCP_CLOUD_CDN(cdn, "Cloud CDN")
GCP_CLOUD_ARMOR(armor, "Cloud Armor", "WAF policies")
GCP_CLOUD_LOAD_BALANCING(lb, "Load Balancer")
GCP_VIRTUAL_PRIVATE_CLOUD(vpc, "VPC", "10.0.0.0/16")
GCP_COMPUTE_ENGINE(vm, "Instance group", "autoscaled")
GCP_CLOUD_NAT(nat, "Cloud NAT", "egress only")

dns --> cdn
cdn --> armor
armor --> lb
lb --> vpc
vpc --> vm
vm --> nat
@enduml

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