IAP Desktop

IAP Desktop is a Windows application that allows you to manage multiple Remote Desktop and SSH connections to VM instances that run on Google Cloud.

Overview

IAP Desktop uses Identity-Aware-Proxy TCP tunneling to connect to VM instances, combining the convenience of a Remote Desktop connection manager with the security and flexibility of Identity-Aware-Proxy:

• You can connect from anywhere, not only from selected networks.
• You can connect to VM instance that do not have a public IP address or NAT access to the internet.
• Because the TCP forwarding tunnel is established over HTTPS, you can connect even if your workstation is behind a corporate firewall or proxy.
• You can control who should be allowed to connect to a VM in a fine-grained manner by using Cloud IAM.
• You do not need to expose SSH or RDP over the public internet.

Learn more about IAP Desktop

• Setting up IAP-Desktop
• Connecting to Windows VMs
• Connecting to Linux VMs
• Connecting to VM instances from within a web browser
• Viewing instance details
• Viewing instance activity
• Analyzing VM instance usage
• Managing IAP Desktop using group policies
• Troubleshooting

IAP Desktop is an open-source project and not an officially supported Google product.

All files in this repository are under the Apache License, Version 2.0 unless noted otherwise.