This page shows you how to mount a Filestore file share on clients in a remote network, such as:
- Compute Engine VMs on a different project or VPC network.
- On-premises clients on your local network.
Establish a VPN connection between the remote network and the VPC network of the Filestore instance
Before you can mount a file share on a remote client, you must establish a VPN connection between the client's network and the VPC network of the Filestore instance.
Create an HA VPN. For detailed instructions, see Creating an HA VPN gateway to a Peer VPN gateway.
Ensure that:
- The subnet ranges of the client and the Filestore instance don't overlap.
- The IP address of the Filestore instance is advertised as a custom route during BGP configuration.
- You must use an external or third-party VPN provider.
For details, see Known issues.
Configure the VPN gateway and tunnel on the remote network:
- For specific configuration guidance for certain VPN devices, see VPN Interoperability Guides.
- For general configuration parameters, see Configuring the Peer VPN Gateway.
Mount the Filestore file share on the remote client
Once the VPN connection is established, you can mount the file share on any client in the remote network using any of the standard mounting methods.
What's next
- Learn more about creating Compute Engine instances.
- Learn more about creating Filestore instances.
- Learn more about Cloud VPN.