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- NAME
- gcloud beta compute vpn-tunnels create - create a VPN tunnel
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta compute vpn-tunnels createNAME--shared-secret=SHARED_SECRET(--peer-address=PEER_ADDRESS|--peer-external-gateway=PEER_EXTERNAL_GATEWAY|--peer-gcp-gateway=PEER_GCP_GATEWAY|--peer-gcp-gateway-region=PEER_GCP_GATEWAY_REGION)(--target-vpn-gateway=TARGET_VPN_GATEWAY|--target-vpn-gateway-region=TARGET_VPN_GATEWAY_REGION|--vpn-gateway=VPN_GATEWAY|--vpn-gateway-region=VPN_GATEWAY_REGION)[--description=DESCRIPTION][--ike-version=IKE_VERSION][--interface=INTERFACE][--local-traffic-selector=CIDR,[CIDR,…]][--peer-external-gateway-interface=PEER_EXTERNAL_GATEWAY_INTERFACE][--phase1-dh=GROUPS,[GROUPS,…]][--phase1-encryption=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]][--phase1-integrity=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]][--phase1-prf=PSEUDORANDOMFUNCTIONS,[…]][--phase2-encryption=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]][--phase2-integrity=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]][--phase2-pfs=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]][--region=REGION][--remote-traffic-selector=CIDR,[CIDR,…]][--router=ROUTER][--router-region=ROUTER_REGION][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(BETA)gcloud beta compute vpn-tunnels createis usedto create a Classic VPN tunnel between a target VPN gateway in Google CloudPlatform and a peer address; or create Highly Available VPN tunnel between HAVPN gateway and another HA VPN gateway, or Highly Available VPN tunnel betweenHA VPN gateway and an external VPN gateway.- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
NAME- Name of the VPN Tunnel to create.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
--shared-secret=SHARED_SECRET- Shared secret consisting of printable characters. Valid arguments match theregular expression [ -~]+
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
--peer-address=PEER_ADDRESS- Valid IPV4 address representing the remote tunnel endpoint, the peer addressmust be specified when creating Classic VPN tunnels from Classic Target VPNgateway
--peer-external-gateway=PEER_EXTERNAL_GATEWAY- Peer side external VPN gateway representing the remote tunnel endpoint, thisflag is used when creating HA VPN tunnels from Google Cloud to your external VPNgateway.Either --peer-external-gateway or --peer-gcp-gateway must be specifiedwhen creating VPN tunnels from High Available VPN gateway.
--peer-gcp-gateway=PEER_GCP_GATEWAY- Reference to the peer side Highly Available VPN gateway.
--peer-gcp-gateway-region=PEER_GCP_GATEWAY_REGION- Region of the VPN Gateway to operate on. Should be the same as region, if notspecified, it will be automatically set. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
--target-vpn-gateway=TARGET_VPN_GATEWAY- A reference to a Cloud VPN Classic Target VPN Gateway.
--target-vpn-gateway-region=TARGET_VPN_GATEWAY_REGION- Region of the Target VPN Gateway to operate on. Should be the same as region, ifnot specified, it will be automatically set. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation. --vpn-gateway=VPN_GATEWAY- Reference to a Highly Available VPN gateway.
--vpn-gateway-region=VPN_GATEWAY_REGION- Region of the VPN Gateway to operate on. Should be the same as region, if notspecified, it will be automatically set. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--description=DESCRIPTION- An optional, textual description for the VPN tunnel.
--ike-version=IKE_VERSION- Internet Key Exchange protocol version number. Default is 2.
IKE_VERSIONmust be one of:1,2. --interface=INTERFACE- Numeric interface ID of the VPN gateway with which this VPN tunnel isassociated. This flag is required if the tunnel is being attached to a HighlyAvailable VPN gateway. This option is only available for use with HighlyAvailable VPN gateway and must be omitted if the tunnel is going to be connectedto a Classic VPN gateway.
INTERFACEmust be one of:0,1. --local-traffic-selector=CIDR,[CIDR,…]- Traffic selector is an agreement between IKE peers to permit traffic through atunnel if the traffic matches a specified pair of local and remote addresses.
--local-traffic-selector allows to configure the local addresses that arepermitted. The value should be a comma separated list of CIDR formatted strings.Example: 192.168.0.0/16,10.0.0.0/24.
Local traffic selector must be specified only for VPN tunnels that do not usedynamic routing with a Cloud Router. Omit this flag when creating a tunnel usingdynamic routing, including a tunnel for a Highly Available VPN gateway.
--peer-external-gateway-interface=PEER_EXTERNAL_GATEWAY_INTERFACE- Interface ID of the external VPN gateway to which this VPN tunnel is connectedto. This flag is required if the tunnel is being created from a Highly AvailableVPN gateway to an External Vpn Gateway.
PEER_EXTERNAL_GATEWAY_INTERFACEmust be one of:0,1,2,3. --phase1-dh=GROUPS,[GROUPS,…]- Phase 1 Diffie-Hellman groups.
--phase1-encryption=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]- Phase 1 encryption algorithms.
--phase1-integrity=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]- Phase 1 integrity algorithms.
--phase1-prf=PSEUDORANDOMFUNCTIONS,[…]- Phase 1 pseudorandom functions.
--phase2-encryption=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]- Phase 2 encryption algorithms.
--phase2-integrity=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]- Phase 2 integrity algorithms.
--phase2-pfs=ALGORITHMS,[ALGORITHMS,…]- Phase 2 perfect forward secerecy algorithms.
--region=REGION- Region of the VPN Tunnel to create. If not specified, you might be prompted toselect a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/regiongcloudconfigsetcompute/regionREGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloudcomputeregionslistTo unset the property, run:
gcloudconfigunsetcompute/regionAlternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION --remote-traffic-selector=CIDR,[CIDR,…]- Traffic selector is an agreement between IKE peers to permit traffic through atunnel if the traffic matches a specified pair of local and remote addresses.
--remote-traffic-selector allows to configure the remote addresses that arepermitted. The value should be a comma separated list of CIDR formatted strings.Example: 192.168.0.0/16,10.0.0.0/24.
Remote traffic selector must be specified for VPN tunnels that do not usedynamic routing with a Cloud Router. Omit this flag when creating a tunnel usingdynamic routing, including a tunnel for a Highly Available VPN gateway.
--router=ROUTER- Router to use for dynamic routing.
--router-region=ROUTER_REGION- Region of the router to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted toselect a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/regiongcloudconfigsetcompute/regionREGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloudcomputeregionslistTo unset the property, run:
gcloudconfigunsetcompute/regionAlternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudcomputevpn-tunnelscreategcloudalphacomputevpn-tunnelscreate
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Last updated 2025-08-19 UTC.