Is it possible to set a static external IP address in Cloud Shell?

Question

I'm using Cloud Shell within Google Cloud Console to connect to my Google Cloud Datalab GCE VM using these instructions. I have a firewall on my Google Cloud Datalab GCE VM that restricts SSH access to certain IP addresses only. The problem I have is that the cloud shell IP address changes frequently. Is it possible to set a static external IP address for Cloud Shell, or is there a list of IP ranges that will be used for cloud shell machines? I'm open to other suggestions about how to connect via ssh to a GCE VM with restricted firewall within cloud shell as well.

Answer 1

Recommendation here is leverage a bastion host that you allow access to. Cloudshell ssh there, then interact with the environment. Its a pain, believe me. Alternatively you can whitelist all of googles published external ranges associated with gcp, but you pick up the random users of services as well. Good luck.