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Difficulty: MediumConfiguring Network Topology and VPC Infrastructure

An organization is deploying a multi-VPC environment in Google Cloud consisting of a Management VPC, a Workload VPC, and a Hybrid Connectivity VPC connected to an on-premises data center using HA VPN and Cloud Router. The team requires direct private connectivity between the Management VPC and Workload VPC, as well as multi-region reachability for hybrid routes across all deployed subnets. Which TWO actions should the cloud architect take to configure this network topology according to Google Cloud recommended practices?

  1. Establish direct VPC Network Peering between the Management VPC and the Workload VPC to enable direct, non-transitive communication between their resources.Answer
  2. B
    Peer both the Management VPC and the Workload VPC to the Hybrid Connectivity VPC so on-premises traffic can reach both VPCs via transitive peering routing.
  3. Configure the VPC network dynamic routing mode to Global on the Hybrid Connectivity VPC to allow Cloud Router to propagate routes across all regions.Answer
  4. D
    Replace HA VPN with Classic VPN configured with static routes to achieve continuous dynamic routing updates across all subnets.
  5. E
    Rely strictly on standard IAM roles to prevent unauthorized cross-VPC data access without deploying VPC Service Controls or firewall rules.

Answer

Establish direct VPC Network Peering between the Management VPC and the Workload VPC, and set the dynamic routing mode to Global on the Hybrid Connectivity VPC's Cloud Router configuration.
Establishing direct VPC Network Peering ensures low-latency, private connectivity between the Management and Workload VPCs without relying on non-supported transitive routing. Setting the VPC dynamic routing mode to Global ensures Cloud Router dynamically propagates BGP routes from on-premises to subnets in all regions across the VPC.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze cross-VPC communication requirements between Management and Workload VPCs.
Direct VPC Network Peering must be configured directly between the two VPCs because Google Cloud VPC Peering does not support transitive routing through a central hub VPC.
VPC Peering routes are not forwarded across multiple peering hops.
2
Evaluate hybrid dynamic routing propagation across regions.
Configuring the VPC dynamic routing mode to Global allows BGP routes learned by Cloud Router in one region to be shared with resources in all other regions within the VPC.
Regional dynamic routing restricts route propagation to resources located in the same region as the Cloud Router.

Key Concept

VPC Network Peering Non-Transitivity and Global Dynamic Routing
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