Question

A retail company is deploying new branch sites that need connectivity to workloads hosted in Google Cloud. The company wants to avoid the cost and lead time of provisioning dedicated circuits, but still requires encrypted transport and dynamic routing between the branches and the cloud VPC. Which internet-based connectivity approach best meets these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Establish an IPsec VPN over the public internet using Cloud Router with BGP to the branch edge devices

Answer

Provision a Google Cloud Interconnect dedicated circuit terminating at a colocation facility

Answer

Use Google Cloud Partner Interconnect through a supported service provider

Answer

Peer directly with Google's public ASN at an internet exchange point using unencrypted BGP