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Article1 reply1 comment2,883 followingPosted 04 Oct 2026, 18:28 UTC59.6K views745 votes

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Replacing Bastion Hosts with IAP TCP Forwarding for Secure VM Access

Replace bastion hosts with Google Cloud IAP TCP forwarding to give administrators SSH/RDP access to VMs without public IPs. IAM controls access, Cloud Audit Logs provide a trail, and no extra instances to patch.

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Article0 replies2,016 followingPosted 29 Jul 2026, 21:13 UTC16.8K views4,321 votes

Use IAP TCP Forwarding to Reach Compute Engine VMs Without Public SSH Ports

Tunnel to a Compute Engine VM's internal IP with Google Cloud IAP, control access with IAM, and audit sessions in Cloud Logging.

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Started29 Jul 2026, 21:13 UTC

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