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Everything you need to go from a Google Cloud project to a working SSH, RDP or tunnel connection, and what to do when one fails. For step-by-step walkthroughs of common tasks, see the guides.

Updated 1 October 2026

Install and sign in

What you need, how to install Ostgate, sign in with your Google account and find the instances you can reach.

Prepare your Google Cloud project

Let Identity-Aware Proxy reach your instances, enable the APIs Ostgate calls, and grant the IAM roles each person needs.

SSH, files and Terminal

SSH tabs and the file browser inside Ostgate, and plain ssh, scp and your IDE through Ostgate from outside it.

Remote Desktop

Windows VMs open in a tab of their own, through the same IAP tunnel, with no separate RDP client.

Tunnels and forwards

Ports on your instances, and anything they can reach, on your Mac's loopback.

Connection settings

SSH and RDP options, set once and inherited down to projects, zones and instances.

Troubleshooting

What a message means and what to do about it, from Connection Doctor's findings to sign-in problems.

Licence, data and help

The trial and licence keys, how to remove what Ostgate stored, and how to get help.

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