--- title: Target VPN Gateway description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > DDSQL Reference > Data Directory > Target VPN Gateway --- # Target VPN Gateway A Target VPN Gateway in Google Cloud is a regional resource that represents the VPN endpoint on the Google Cloud side of a Classic VPN connection. It is used to establish secure IPsec tunnels between your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and an external network, such as an on-premises data center. ``` gcp.compute_target_vpn_gateway ``` ## Fields | Title | ID | Type | Data Type | Description | | -------------------- | ---- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | | _key | core | string | | ancestors | core | array | | creation_timestamp | core | timestamp | Output only. [Output Only] Creation timestamp inRFC3339 text format. | | datadog_display_name | core | string | | description | core | string | An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource. | | forwarding_rules | core | array | [Output Only] A list of URLs to the ForwardingRule resources. ForwardingRules are created usingcompute.forwardingRules.insert and associated with a VPN gateway. | | gcp_status | core | string | [Output Only] The status of the VPN gateway, which can be one of the following: CREATING, READY, FAILED, or DELETING. Possible values: ['CREATING', 'DELETING', 'FAILED', 'READY']. Values descriptions: ['', '', '', ''] | | id | core | string | [Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server. | | kind | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] Type of resource. Alwayscompute#targetVpnGateway for target VPN gateways. | | labels | core | array | Labels for this resource. These can only be added or modified by thesetLabels method. Each label key/value pair must comply withRFC1035. Label values may be empty. | | name | core | string | Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply withRFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?` which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash. | | network | core | string | URL of the network to which this VPN gateway is attached. Provided by the client when the VPN gateway is created. | | organization_id | core | string | | parent | core | string | | project_id | core | string | | project_number | core | string | | region | core | string | [Output Only] URL of the region where the target VPN gateway resides. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body. | | region_id | core | string | | resource_name | core | string | | self_link | core | string | [Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource. | | tags | core | hstore_csv | | tunnels | core | array | [Output Only] A list of URLs to VpnTunnel resources. VpnTunnels are created using the compute.vpntunnels.insert method and associated with a VPN gateway. | | zone_id | core | string |