• 2024-04-26
• nfs,
• gcp

Sharing NFS Between GCP Projects

A step-by-step guide for future me.

One of the parts of Google Cloud that I haven't fully explored yet is their networking stack. However, I got a nice first taste yesterday while trying to share a Google Filestore (NFS) between two Google Cloud projects.

Now that I've figured it out, here's the simplest solution:

• In the project that has the NFS (the "host" project), go to:
  • VPC network
  • Shared VPC
  • Attached Projects
  • Attach Projects
• Select the other project (the "service" project).
  • Check All subnets.
  • Click Save.
• In the service project, create a new VM:
  • Compute Engine
  • VM instances
  • Click Create Instance.
  • Make sure you select a region that is the same or close to the NFS.
  • Expand Advanced Options
  • Expand Networking
  • Expand the default network interface.
    • Select Networks shared with me and select default (assuming that was the network that was shared).

Now that VM can see the NFS because its on the same subnet.