Introduction to Google Cloud Platform Compute Engine

Google Cloud Platform's Compute Engine lets you create and run virtual machines on Google infrastructure. With Google Compute Engine, you can run thousands of virtual CPUs on a system that has been designed to be fast, and to offer strong consistency of performance.

The Nessus Network Monitor (NNM) can be installed on a VM running on Google infrastructure.

Before you deploy Tenable Nessus Network Monitor, ensure you meet the following requirements:

• Cloud Deployment Software Requirements

• Cloud Deployment Hardware Requirements

You can deploy Tenable Nessus Network Monitor on GCP using one of the following methods:

• GCP VPC Packet Mirroring Deployment

• GCP NAT Gateway Deployment