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title: "Connect to vNIOS for GCP Instance"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforGCP/736330214/Connect%20to%20vNIOS%20for%20GCP%20Instance"
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Once your vNIOS for GCP appliance has been successfully deployed, you are ready to begin testing and using it. There are three methods available to connect to your vNIOS for GCP instance: virtual serial port, using SSH, and the Grid Manager GUI. To use the serial port, you will first need to enable it. To connect via SSH or Grid Manager GUI, you will need to know the public IP address of your instance. It is also possible to connect to your instance using the private IP address over VPN or Cloud Interconnect/Direct Peering, however that is outside the scope of this guide.

- [Virtual Serial Port](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforGCP/pages/736396388)
- [SSH](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforGCP/pages/736396294)
- [Grid Manager](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforGCP/pages/736297964)