How can I send/generate traffic in GCP?

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I'm using GCP for building a simple scenario. I set 3 VMs in deferent locations in a default VPC. I would like to send/generate traffic in order to use VPC flow logs, but I don't know how to do that.

What kind of traffic? – Michael Hampton Nov 16 '18 at 15:28 — Michael Hampton, Nov 16 '18 at 15:28
@MichaelHampton HTTP/SSL/UDP – Khalil Mebarkia Nov 16 '18 at 16:30 — Khalil Mebarkia, Nov 16 '18 at 16:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '18 at 20:51

You can simply setup a basic web server in one the GCP VM instances and then run the curl tool from the client to generate HTTP/HTTPS request to the server. Similarly, you can use Netcat tool to send TCP/UDP traffic from the client to the server.

More details in regards to sending UDP traffic between server and client can be found in here.

How can I send/generate traffic in GCP?

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