- INFORMATION
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gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways createis supported in universe domainuniverse; however, some of the values used in the help text may not be available. Command examples may not work as-is and may requires changes before execution. - NAME
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- gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways create - create a new Compute Engine external VPN gateway
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways createNAME--interfaces=[ID=IP_ADDRESS,…] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--resource-manager-tags=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways createcreates a new external VPN gateway.External VPN gateway is the on-premises VPN gateway or another cloud provider's VPN gateway that connects to your Google Cloud VPN gateway. To create a highly available VPN from Google Cloud to your on-premises side or another Cloud provider's VPN gateway, you must create an external VPN gateway resource in Google Cloud, which provides the information to Google Cloud about your external VPN gateway.
- EXAMPLES
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To create an external VPN gateway, run:
gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways create my-external-gateway --interfaces=0=8.9.9.9 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME- Name of the external VPN gateway to create.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--interfaces=[ID=IP_ADDRESS,…]-
Map of interfaces from interface ID to interface IP address for the External VPN
Gateway.
There can be one, two, or four interfaces in the map.
For example, to create an external VPN gateway with one interface:
gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways create MY-EXTERNAL-GATEWAY --interfaces 0=192.0.2.0To create an external VPN gateway with two interfaces: $ gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways create \ MY-EXTERNAL-GATEWAY --interfaces 0=192.0.2.0,1=192.0.2.1
To create an external VPN gateway with four interfaces: $ gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways create \ MY-EXTERNAL-GATEWAY \ --interfaces 0=192.0.2.0,1=192.0.2.1,2=192.0.2.3,3=192.0.2.4
To create an external VPN gateway with IPv6 addresses on four interfaces: $ gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways create \ MY-EXTERNAL-GATEWAY \ --interfaces \ 0=2001:db8::1,1=2001:db8::2,2=2001:db8::3,3=2001:db8::4
Note that the redundancy type of the gateway will be automatically inferred based on the number of interfaces provided:
1 interface: `SINGLE_IP_INTERNALLY_REDUNDANT`
2 interfaces: `TWO_IPS_REDUNDANCY`
4 interfaces: `FOUR_IPS_REDUNDANCY`
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--description=DESCRIPTION- Textual description of the External VPN Gateway.
- A comma-separated list of Resource Manager tags to apply to the external VPN gateway.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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
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This command is currently in DEVELOPER PREVIEW and may change without notice. If
this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct
project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early
access allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud compute external-vpn-gateways creategcloud alpha compute external-vpn-gateways creategcloud beta compute external-vpn-gateways create
gcloud preview compute external-vpn-gateways create
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Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC.
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