Change firewall rules using Terraform and Cloud Shell

Activity overview Firewall rules play a crucial role in cloud network security because they control which traffic is allowed to enter and leave your cloud environment. The nature of cloud networking is ever changing and complex. Organizations' needs change, new cloud resources are added or removed, and new vulnerabilities are discovered. This means that you'll need to continually adjust and maintain the configuration of firewall rules to adapt with these changes. Tracking and managing critical updates in your cloud environment can be challenging. Luckily, you can manage the configuration of your cloud resources by leveraging infrastructure as code (IaC). IaC is the provisioning and managing of infrastructure through using reusable scripts. It can be used to automate workflows such as updating firewall rules. Terraform and Cloud Shell make it easy to manage and update firewall rules efficiently. By writing desired firewall rules in Terraform configuration files and executing Terraform commands in Cloud Shell, you can ensure that your network security policies remain consistent and version-controlled. This approach will help you maintain and track changes over time. #gcp #googlecloud #qwiklabs #learntoearn