I am trying to run simple git pull command to get an external public repository in my /content folder within a GCP Colab Enterprise notebook.

I am however getting an error for both HTTPS and SSH: Failed to connect to github port 443

I figured that this has something to do with the fact that my runtime template does not have public internet access enabled

The configuration however says that an anizational policy is blocking me from enabled public internet access.

Now my question: I am the admin of this entire anization, which policy is actually preventing me from setting this option to enabled?

Thanks!

I am trying to run simple git pull command to get an external public repository in my /content folder within a GCP Colab Enterprise notebook.

I am however getting an error for both HTTPS and SSH: Failed to connect to github port 443

I figured that this has something to do with the fact that my runtime template does not have public internet access enabled

The configuration however says that an anizational policy is blocking me from enabled public internet access.

Now my question: I am the admin of this entire anization, which policy is actually preventing me from setting this option to enabled?

Thanks!

• git
• google-cloud-platform
• google-cloud-colab-enterprise

• Hi @mark, It appears that this issue has to be investigated further, so if you have a support plan please create a new GCP support case . Otherwise, you can open a new issue on the [ issue tracker](cloud.google/support/docs/issue-trackers) describing your issue. – Sourav Dutta Commented Mar 20 at 8:39
• So I reached out to google engineers for support, turns outs you need to change the policy "compute.vmExternalIpAccess". You need to enable it (default is disabled). After that the checkbox becomes available and my Colab notebook could access the internet. Problem was that it was very hard for me to locate which policy to change, so hope this helps people in the future – Mark de Haan Commented Mar 24 at 13:00

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So I reached out to google engineers for support, turns outs you need to change the policy "compute.vmExternalIpAccess". You need to enable it (default is disabled). After that the checkbox becomes available and my Colab notebook could access the internet. Problem was that it was very hard for me to locate which policy to change, so hope this helps people in the future