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Connect Google Compute Engine to Perplexity

Give Perplexity governed access to Google Compute Engine through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Google Compute Engine to Perplexity in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Google Compute Engine in Runlayer

    Add Google Compute Engine from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Perplexity to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Perplexity by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Perplexity reaches Google Compute Engine’s tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Perplexity setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Google Compute Engine

    Each user signs in to Google Compute Engine with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Google Compute Engine from Perplexity

    Google Compute Engine’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

Google Compute Engine tools in Perplexity

Google Compute Engine reports its tools when your organization connects it, so the list depends on your deployment.

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Perplexity

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Perplexity exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Google Compute Engine call from Perplexity passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Perplexity as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Managed browser extension (available)

    Managed Chrome, Edge, and Firefox deployments can monitor supported web-chat activity and apply prompt-time controls where the surface permits it.

  • Native enforcement adapter (not available)

    Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Perplexity yet, so control happens at the gateway.

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