GCP : Compute Routers

[RichieHowell]

Cloud Router is a fully distributed and managed Google Cloud service that programs custom dynamic routes and that scales with your network traffic. Cloud Router works with both legacy networks and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks.

Cloud Router isn't a physical device that might cause a bottleneck. It can't be used by itself. But, it is required or recommended in the following cases:

Required for Cloud NAT
Required for Cloud Interconnect and HA VPN
A recommended configuration option for Classic VPN

This uses the Compute - Routers API: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/routers

The important attributes for my use case are the NAT ones and I will not be using the BGP attributes at all.