Securely connect your systems to a private Google Cloud backend

Lets your internal tools call a private Google Cloud service securely, without exposing it to the public internet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
General Automation
Connects
Google Cloud RunGoogle Cloud IAM

The problem it solves

You have a custom backend or internal tool that needs to talk to another system, but you do not want to expose that connection to the open internet where anyone could find it. Setting up proper authentication between two systems usually means extra engineering time you would rather spend elsewhere.

Who it fits

A business with a technical team running custom backend services that need to talk to each other securely.

How it works

  1. Your system prepares a signed security token identifying itself
  2. That token is exchanged for a short-lived access token
  3. The request is sent to your private Google Cloud service along with that access token
  4. Google Cloud verifies it and returns the response only to authorized callers
What you get

Secure connections your internal tools rely on

Your internal tools connect to your private cloud service securely, so only authorized systems can reach it and everything else stays protected.

What you get

A secure, authenticated response from your private Google Cloud service, with no public access required.

What you need

A Google Cloud account with a Cloud Run service and a service account set up.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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