Securing instances with a service perimeter
This page shows you how to protect your Filestore instances with a
service perimeter using VPC Service Controls.
VPC Service Controls protect against data exfiltration and provide an extra
layer of security for your instances. For more information about
VPC Service Controls, see
Overview of VPC Service Controls.
Once the Filestore API is protected by a service perimeter,
Filestore API requests coming from clients outside of the perimeter
must have the proper access level rules.
Securing your Filestore instances using VPC Service Controls
Create a service perimeter.
Add the Filestore API to your service perimeter. For
instructions on adding a service to your service perimeter, see
Updating a service perimeter.
Limitations of VPC Service Controls for Filestore instances
For a list of VPC Service Controls limitations for Filestore, see
Supported products and limitations.
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Last updated 2026-10-13 UTC.
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