V. VPN (Virtual Private Networking)
ExpiredConfiguring an IPsec VPN tunnel - DrayTek Vigor Router to Google Cloud
Google's Cloud Platform is a cloud service from Google, within which users can create virtual servers and services, with the ability to process & manage data and transfer files to & from those servers within the Google Cloud.
Google Cloud's Platform can use IPsec VPN tunnels to secure data being transferred into and out of the Cloud. This guide demonstrates how to establish a secure IPsec VPN tunnel from a DrayTek Vigor router to a private virtual network within Google's Cloud Platform.
| Requirements | |
|---|---|
| 1. | DrayTek Vigor router with IKEv2 IPsec VPN support - typically the DrayTek Vigor 2860 series and later models |
| 2. | Internet connection with a fixed / static public IP address |
VPN Configuration on the Google Cloud Platform
1. Access the Google Cloud Platform management interface
- Open the ≡ Menu
- Click Hybrid Connectivity
- Click VPN
2. Click Create VPN Connection
3. Select the Region, then click IP address
This is required to create an IP address from the Google Cloud Platform network that the IPsec tunnel can connect through.
4. Specify a Name
After clicking the IP Address field, specify a Name to identify the purpose of this IP address on Google's network. Click Reserve and Google will provision an external IP address for VPN use.
5. Tunnel Settings
In the tunnel settings:
| Name | Name of the VPN tunnel on the Google Cloud Platform |
| Description | Enter a description for the VPN tunnel |
| Remote peer IP address | Enter the DrayTek Vigor router's public IP address - the Google Cloud Platform VPN service will dial-out to this address |
| IKE Version | Select IKEv2 |
| Shared Secret | The password for the VPN tunnel. This will be entered later in the Vigor router's IPsec IKE Pre-Shared Key. This should ideally be at least 20 random ASCII characters (up to 64 characters) to secure the tunnel |
| Routing Options | Select Route-based |
| Remote network IP ranges | The subnets that you want to route from the DrayTek router through to the Google Cloud network. This must be entered in CIDR notation, so a router IP of 192.168.1.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 would be entered as "192.168.1.0/24" |
6. Click Network in the VPN interface
7. Configure the Network Settings
The network of this project will be shown on this page, the IP address of the region selected in Step 3 will be displayed in the list of subnets used by the Google Cloud Platform network for the purposes of creating a secure VPN tunnel.
For example, if you select "europe-west1", the IP address range of 10.132.0.0/20 would be used for establishing the VPN tunnel with the DrayTek router
VPN Configuration on the DrayTek Vigor router
8. Create VPN Profile
In the DrayTek Vigor router's web interface, go to [VPN and Remote Access] > [LAN to LAN]
Click an available index number i.e. 1. to configure the VPN profile.
- Enter the Profile name
- Select Dial-in
- Enable this profile
9. Configure VPN Profile
Configure the VPN profile's section "3. Dial-In Settings" and section "5. TCP/IP Network Settings"
- Select IPsec Tunnel as the allowed Dial-In Type
- Referring back to Step 6, enter the network IP from your selected region in the Google Cloud VPN configuration, into the Remote network IP and Remote Network Mask
- Put the Local Network IP and Mask
10. Enter Pre-Shared Key
Go to [VPN and Remote Access] > [IPsec General Setup]
Enter the "Pre-shared key", the key needs to be the same as the shared secret in Step 4.
Note: If you know the Google IP Address which google will use, then you can skip step 10 and instead enter the PSK in Step 9 above after inputting the source IP in the "Specify Remote VPN Gateway" field
11. Check VPN Status
After setting up, we can see the information about the connection:
In the DrayTek router's web interface under [VPN and Remote Access] > [Connection Management]:
In the Google Cloud Platform management interface, the VPN section displays the status of the VPN tunnel:
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- First Published: 16/08/2018
- Last Updated: 22/04/2021