--- title: Private Connection description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > DDSQL Reference > Data Directory > Private Connection --- # Private Connection Private Connection in Google Cloud enables secure, private communication between your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network and Google services or partner networks without using the public internet. It helps reduce latency, improve security, and ensure data privacy by keeping traffic within Google's internal network. ``` gcp.vmwareengine_private_connection ``` ## Fields | Title | ID | Type | Data Type | Description | | ------------------------------- | ---- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | | _key | core | string | | ancestors | core | array | | create_time | core | timestamp | Output only. Creation time of this resource. | | datadog_display_name | core | string | | description | core | string | Optional. User-provided description for this private connection. | | labels | core | array | | name | core | string | Output only. The resource name of the private connection. Resource names are schemeless URIs that follow the conventions in https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names. For example: `projects/my-project/locations/us-central1/privateConnections/my-connection` | | organization_id | core | string | | parent | core | string | | peering_id | core | string | Output only. VPC network peering id between given network VPC and VMwareEngineNetwork. | | peering_state | core | string | Output only. Peering state between service network and VMware Engine network. | | project_id | core | string | | project_number | core | string | | region_id | core | string | | resource_name | core | string | | routing_mode | core | string | Optional. Routing Mode. Default value is set to GLOBAL. For type = PRIVATE_SERVICE_ACCESS, this field can be set to GLOBAL or REGIONAL, for other types only GLOBAL is supported. | | service_network | core | string | Required. Service network to create private connection. Specify the name in the following form: `projects/{project}/global/networks/{network_id}` For type = PRIVATE_SERVICE_ACCESS, this field represents servicenetworking VPC, e.g. projects/project-tp/global/networks/servicenetworking. For type = NETAPP_CLOUD_VOLUME, this field represents NetApp service VPC, e.g. projects/project-tp/global/networks/netapp-tenant-vpc. For type = DELL_POWERSCALE, this field represent Dell service VPC, e.g. projects/project-tp/global/networks/dell-tenant-vpc. For type= THIRD_PARTY_SERVICE, this field could represent a consumer VPC or any other producer VPC to which the VMware Engine Network needs to be connected, e.g. projects/project/global/networks/vpc. | | state | core | string | Output only. State of the private connection. | | tags | core | hstore_csv | | type | core | string | Required. Private connection type. | | uid | core | string | Output only. System-generated unique identifier for the resource. | | update_time | core | timestamp | Output only. Last update time of this resource. | | vmware_engine_network | core | string | Required. The relative resource name of Legacy VMware Engine network. Specify the name in the following form: `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/vmwareEngineNetworks/{vmware_engine_network_id}` where `{project}`, `{location}` will be same as specified in private connection resource name and `{vmware_engine_network_id}` will be in the form of `{location}`-default e.g. projects/project/locations/us-central1/vmwareEngineNetworks/us-central1-default. | | vmware_engine_network_canonical | core | string | Output only. The canonical name of the VMware Engine network in the form: `projects/{project_number}/locations/{location}/vmwareEngineNetworks/{vmware_engine_network_id}` | | zone_id | core | string |