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static port allocation
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A port allocation mechanism where Cloud NAT assigns a fixed number of ports per VM instance.
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dynamic port allocation is an alternative to static port allocation From the official documentation: “Whether to change how Cloud NAT allocates ports. By default, **Enable Dynamic Port Allocation** is deselected. For static port allocation, the **Minimum ports per VM instance** field is set to `64`.”
static port allocation is part of Cloud NAT From the official documentation: “If you have configured a Cloud NAT gateway with static port allocation, when you increase the minimum ports per VM on the gateway, there is no interruption to traffic.”
dynamic port allocation is part of Cloud NAT From the official documentation: “Update the Cloud NAT gateway to use dynamic port allocation mode to fully use the assigned IP addresses.”