Create a route to Windows activation host

If you have Windows instances without external IP addresses, you must also enable Private Google Access so that instances with only internal IP addresses can send traffic to the external IP address.

Code sample

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Go API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  import 
  
 ( 
  
 "context" 
  
 "fmt" 
  
 "io" 
  
 compute 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1" 
  
 computepb 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1/computepb" 
  
 "google.golang.org/protobuf/proto" 
 ) 
 // createRouteToWindowsActivationHost creates a new route to 
 // kms.windows.googlecloud.com (35.190.247.13) for Windows activation. 
 func 
  
 createRouteToWindowsActivationHost 
 ( 
  
 w 
  
 io 
 . 
 Writer 
 , 
  
 projectID 
 , 
  
 routeName 
 , 
  
 networkName 
  
 string 
 , 
 ) 
  
 error 
  
 { 
  
 // projectID := "your_project_id" 
  
 // routeName := "your_route_name" 
  
 // networkName := "global/networks/default" 
  
 ctx 
  
 := 
  
 context 
 . 
 Background 
 () 
  
 routesClient 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 compute 
 . 
  NewRoutesRESTClient 
 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "NewRoutesRESTClient: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 defer 
  
 routesClient 
 . 
 Close 
 () 
  
 // If you have Windows instances without external IP addresses, 
  
 // you must also enable Private Google Access so that instances 
  
 // with only internal IP addresses can send traffic to the external 
  
 // IP address for kms.windows.googlecloud.com. 
  
 // More infromation: https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/configure-private-google-access#enabling 
  
 req 
  
 := 
  
& computepb 
 . 
 InsertRouteRequest 
 { 
  
 Project 
 : 
  
 projectID 
 , 
  
 RouteResource 
 : 
  
& computepb 
 . 
 Route 
 { 
  
 Name 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 routeName 
 ), 
  
 DestRange 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 "35.190.247.13/32" 
 ), 
  
 Network 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 networkName 
 ), 
  
 NextHopGateway 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Sprintf 
 ( 
 "projects/%s/global/gateways/default-internet-gateway" 
 , 
  
 projectID 
 ), 
  
 ), 
  
 }, 
  
 } 
  
 op 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 routesClient 
 . 
 Insert 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 req 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "unable to create route: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 = 
  
 op 
 . 
 Wait 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ); 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "unable to wait for the operation: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Fprintf 
 ( 
 w 
 , 
  
 "Route created\n" 
 ) 
  
 return 
  
 nil 
 } 
 

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Java API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. InsertRouteRequest 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. Operation 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. Route 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. RoutesClient 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.io.IOException 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
 CreateRouteToWindowsActivationHost 
  
 { 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 main 
 ( 
 String 
 [] 
  
 args 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 IOException 
 , 
  
 ExecutionException 
 , 
  
 InterruptedException 
 , 
  
 TimeoutException 
  
 { 
  
 // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample. 
  
 // projectId - ID or number of the project you want to use. 
  
 String 
  
 projectId 
  
 = 
  
 "your-google-cloud-project-id" 
 ; 
  
 // routeName - Name of the route you want to create. 
  
 String 
  
 routeName 
  
 = 
  
 "route-name" 
 ; 
  
 // networkName - Name of the network you want the new instance to use. 
  
 //  *   For example: "global/networks/default" represents the network 
  
 //  *   named "default", which is created automatically for each project. 
  
 String 
  
 networkName 
  
 = 
  
 "global/networks/default" 
 ; 
  
 createRouteToWindowsActivationHost 
 ( 
 projectId 
 , 
  
 routeName 
 , 
  
 networkName 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 // Creates a new route to kms.windows.googlecloud.com (35.190.247.13) for Windows activation. 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 createRouteToWindowsActivationHost 
 ( 
 String 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 routeName 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 networkName 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 IOException 
 , 
  
 ExecutionException 
 , 
  
 InterruptedException 
 , 
  
 TimeoutException 
  
 { 
  
 // Instantiates a client. 
  
 try 
  
 ( 
  RoutesClient 
 
  
 routesClient 
  
 = 
  
  RoutesClient 
 
 . 
 create 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 // If you have Windows instances without external IP addresses, 
  
 // you must also enable Private Google Access so that instances 
  
 // with only internal IP addresses can send traffic to the external 
  
 // IP address for kms.windows.googlecloud.com. 
  
 // More information: https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/configure-private-google-access#enabling 
  
  Route 
 
  
 route 
  
 = 
  
  Route 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setName 
 ( 
 routeName 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setDestRange 
 ( 
 "35.190.247.13/32" 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setNetwork 
 ( 
 networkName 
 ) 
  
 . 
  setNextHopGateway 
 
 ( 
  
 String 
 . 
 format 
 ( 
 "projects/%s/global/gateways/default-internet-gateway" 
 , 
  
 projectId 
 )) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
  InsertRouteRequest 
 
  
 request 
  
 = 
  
  InsertRouteRequest 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setProject 
 ( 
 projectId 
 ) 
  
 . 
  setRouteResource 
 
 ( 
 route 
 ) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
 // Wait for the operation to complete. 
  
  Operation 
 
  
 operation 
  
 = 
  
 routesClient 
 . 
 insertAsync 
 ( 
 request 
 ). 
 get 
 ( 
 3 
 , 
  
 TimeUnit 
 . 
 MINUTES 
 ); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 operation 
 . 
  hasError 
 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 printf 
 ( 
 "Error in creating route %s" 
 , 
  
 operation 
 . 
  getError 
 
 ()); 
  
 return 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 printf 
 ( 
 "Route created %s" 
 , 
  
 routeName 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 } 
 } 
 

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Python API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  from 
  
 __future__ 
  
 import 
 annotations 
 import 
  
 sys 
 from 
  
 typing 
  
 import 
 Any 
 from 
  
 google.api_core.extended_operation 
  
 import 
 ExtendedOperation 
 from 
  
 google.cloud 
  
 import 
  compute_v1 
 
 def 
  
 wait_for_extended_operation 
 ( 
 operation 
 : 
 ExtendedOperation 
 , 
 verbose_name 
 : 
 str 
 = 
 "operation" 
 , 
 timeout 
 : 
 int 
 = 
 300 
 ) 
 - 
> Any 
 : 
  
 """ 
 Waits for the extended (long-running) operation to complete. 
 If the operation is successful, it will return its result. 
 If the operation ends with an error, an exception will be raised. 
 If there were any warnings during the execution of the operation 
 they will be printed to sys.stderr. 
 Args: 
 operation: a long-running operation you want to wait on. 
 verbose_name: (optional) a more verbose name of the operation, 
 used only during error and warning reporting. 
 timeout: how long (in seconds) to wait for operation to finish. 
 If None, wait indefinitely. 
 Returns: 
 Whatever the operation.result() returns. 
 Raises: 
 This method will raise the exception received from `operation.exception()` 
 or RuntimeError if there is no exception set, but there is an `error_code` 
 set for the `operation`. 
 In case of an operation taking longer than `timeout` seconds to complete, 
 a `concurrent.futures.TimeoutError` will be raised. 
 """ 
 result 
 = 
 operation 
 . 
 result 
 ( 
 timeout 
 = 
 timeout 
 ) 
 if 
 operation 
 . 
 error_code 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Error during 
 { 
 verbose_name 
 } 
 : [Code: 
 { 
 operation 
 . 
 error_code 
 } 
 ]: 
 { 
 operation 
 . 
 error_message 
 } 
 " 
 , 
 file 
 = 
 sys 
 . 
 stderr 
 , 
 flush 
 = 
 True 
 , 
 ) 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Operation ID: 
 { 
 operation 
 . 
 name 
 } 
 " 
 , 
 file 
 = 
 sys 
 . 
 stderr 
 , 
 flush 
 = 
 True 
 ) 
 raise 
 operation 
 . 
 exception 
 () 
 or 
 RuntimeError 
 ( 
 operation 
 . 
 error_message 
 ) 
 if 
 operation 
 . 
 warnings 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Warnings during 
 { 
 verbose_name 
 } 
 : 
 \n 
 " 
 , 
 file 
 = 
 sys 
 . 
 stderr 
 , 
 flush 
 = 
 True 
 ) 
 for 
 warning 
 in 
 operation 
 . 
 warnings 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 " - 
 { 
 warning 
 . 
 code 
 } 
 : 
 { 
 warning 
 . 
 message 
 } 
 " 
 , 
 file 
 = 
 sys 
 . 
 stderr 
 , 
 flush 
 = 
 True 
 ) 
 return 
 result 
 def 
  
 create_route 
 ( 
 project_id 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 network 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 route_name 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 destination_range 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 * 
 , 
 next_hop_gateway 
 : 
 str 
 | 
 None 
 = 
 None 
 , 
 next_hop_ip 
 : 
 str 
 | 
 None 
 = 
 None 
 , 
 next_hop_instance 
 : 
 str 
 | 
 None 
 = 
 None 
 , 
 next_hop_vpn_tunnel 
 : 
 str 
 | 
 None 
 = 
 None 
 , 
 next_hop_ilb 
 : 
 str 
 | 
 None 
 = 
 None 
 , 
 ) 
 - 
> compute_v1 
 . 
 Route 
 : 
  
 """ 
 Create a new route in selected network by providing a destination and next hop name. 
 Note: The set of {next_hop_gateway, next_hop_ip, next_hop_instance, next_hop_vpn_tunnel, 
 next_hop_ilb} is exclusive, you and only specify one of those parameters. 
 Args: 
 project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use. 
 network: name of the network the route will be created in. Available name formats: 
 * https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network} 
 * projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network} 
 * global/networks/{network} 
 route_name: name of the new route. 
 destination_range: range of destination IPs this route should be applied to. E.g. 10.0.0.0/16. 
 next_hop_gateway: name of the gateway the traffic should be directed to. 
 next_hop_ip: IP address the traffic should be directed to. 
 next_hop_instance: name of the instance the traffic should be directed to. Name format: 
 "projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{instance_name}" 
 next_hop_vpn_tunnel: name of the VPN tunnel the traffic should be directed to. Name format: 
 "projects/{project}/regions/{region}/vpnTunnels/{vpn_tunnel_name}" 
 next_hop_ilb: name of a forwarding rule of the Internal Load Balancer the traffic 
 should be directed to. Name format: 
 "projects/{project}/regions/{region}/forwardingRules/{forwarding_rule_region}" 
 Returns: 
 A new compute_v1.Route object. 
 """ 
 excl_args 
 = 
 { 
 next_hop_instance 
 , 
 next_hop_ilb 
 , 
 next_hop_vpn_tunnel 
 , 
 next_hop_gateway 
 , 
 next_hop_ip 
 , 
 } 
 args_set 
 = 
 sum 
 ( 
 1 
 if 
 arg 
 is 
 not 
 None 
 else 
 0 
 for 
 arg 
 in 
 excl_args 
 ) 
 if 
 args_set 
 != 
 1 
 : 
 raise 
 RuntimeError 
 ( 
 "You must specify exactly one next_hop_* parameter." 
 ) 
 route 
 = 
  compute_v1 
 
 . 
  Route 
 
 () 
 route 
 . 
 name 
 = 
 route_name 
 route 
 . 
 network 
 = 
 network 
 route 
 . 
 dest_range 
 = 
 destination_range 
 if 
 next_hop_gateway 
 : 
 route 
 . 
 next_hop_gateway 
 = 
 next_hop_gateway 
 elif 
 next_hop_ip 
 : 
 route 
 . 
 next_hop_ip 
 = 
 next_hop_ip 
 elif 
 next_hop_instance 
 : 
 route 
 . 
 next_hop_instance 
 = 
 next_hop_instance 
 elif 
 next_hop_vpn_tunnel 
 : 
 route 
 . 
 next_hop_vpn_tunnel 
 = 
 next_hop_vpn_tunnel 
 elif 
 next_hop_ilb 
 : 
 route 
 . 
 next_hop_ilb 
 = 
 next_hop_ilb 
 route_client 
 = 
  compute_v1 
 
 . 
  RoutesClient 
 
 () 
 operation 
 = 
 route_client 
 . 
  insert 
 
 ( 
 project 
 = 
 project_id 
 , 
 route_resource 
 = 
 route 
 ) 
 wait_for_extended_operation 
 ( 
 operation 
 , 
 "route creation" 
 ) 
 return 
 route_client 
 . 
  get 
 
 ( 
 project 
 = 
 project_id 
 , 
 route 
 = 
 route_name 
 ) 
 def 
  
 create_route_to_windows_activation_host 
 ( 
 project_id 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 network 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 route_name 
 : 
 str 
 ) 
 - 
> compute_v1 
 . 
 Route 
 : 
  
 """ 
 If you have Windows instances without external IP addresses, 
 you must also enable Private Google Access so that instances 
 with only internal IP addresses can send traffic to the external 
 IP address for kms.windows.googlecloud.com. 
 More infromation: https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/configure-private-google-access#enabling 
 Args: 
 project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use. 
 network: name of the network the route will be created in. Available name formats: 
 * https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network} 
 * projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network} 
 * global/networks/{network} 
 route_name: name of the new route. 
 Returns: 
 A new compute_v1.Route object. 
 """ 
 return 
 create_route 
 ( 
 project_id 
 = 
 project_id 
 , 
 network 
 = 
 network 
 , 
 route_name 
 = 
 route_name 
 , 
 destination_range 
 = 
 "35.190.247.13/32" 
 , 
 next_hop_gateway 
 = 
 f 
 "projects/ 
 { 
 project_id 
 } 
 /global/gateways/default-internet-gateway" 
 , 
 ) 
 

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