## Private Service Connect to Cloud SQL

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/apps/connectors/database/cloud-sql/postgresql/how-tos/private-service-connect-to-cloud-sql

> Keep traffic between your GCP-hosted Atlan tenant and your Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance entirely on Google's internal network with Private Service Connect.

Traffic between your GCP-hosted Atlan tenant and your Cloud SQL instance stays entirely on Google's internal network. This path is set up together with Atlan support - five phases, including the approval handshake most setups stall on.

> **Caution: Support-assisted, and check availability first**
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> PSC endpoints to customer databases are delivered case by case via support tickets. **Requires a GCP-hosted Atlan tenant.** [Raise a support ticket](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/submit-request/submit-request/llms.txt) to confirm feasibility for your setup before promising dates to your security team.
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> **Note: New to private links?**
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> Read [How Cloud SQL connectivity works](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/cloud-sql-postgresql/how-cloud-sql-connectivity-works/llms.txt) first. In particular the socket-and-plug model: your side exposes a *service attachment*, Atlan creates an *endpoint*, and you must approve the pending connection.
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## Five phases at glance

| Phase | What happens | Owner | Typical time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Expose | Enable PSC on the instance / create a service attachment | Google Cloud admin | 1–2 hours |
| 2. Share | Send the service attachment name to Atlan; get Atlan's project ID back | Atlan User + Atlan support | 1 business day |
| 3. Build | Atlan creates the endpoint in its project | Atlan support | 1–2 business days |
| 4. Approve | Accept the pending connection - **the critical handshake** | Google Cloud admin | 15 minutes (do it promptly) |
| 5. Connect & verify | Point the Atlan connection at the endpoint DNS/IP and test | Atlan User | 30 minutes |

## Phase 1 - Expose instance over PSC

**Owner:** Google Cloud admin

Enable Private Service Connect on the Cloud SQL instance (Connections → Networking) or, for instances fronted by your own networking, create a PSC **service attachment**. Note the attachment's full name - it looks like:

```
projects/example-project/regions/us-central1/serviceAttachments/example-cloudsql-psc
```

## Phase 2 - Swap identifiers with Atlan

**Owner:** Atlan User + Atlan support

1. [Raise a support request](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/submit-request/submit-request/llms.txt) with your **tenant URL**, the **service attachment name(s)** (label each environment clearly if you have several), and the **port** your database listens on.
2. Support replies with **Atlan's GCP project ID**. Add it to the service attachment's **accepted projects** list - otherwise Atlan's endpoint can never connect.
3. Tell support the **private DNS name** you'd like to use (e.g. `cloudsql.example-corp.internal`). Atlan creates a private DNS zone so you can use a stable name instead of a bare IP.

> **Tip: Name your endpoints for what they are**
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> If you're connecting several environments (dev/stage/prod) or several services, say so up front and agree naming with support. Renaming an endpoint later means recreating it.
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## Phase 3 - Atlan builds endpoint

**Owner:** Atlan support

Atlan creates a PSC endpoint in its project pointing at your service attachment, typically within 1–2 business days, and replies with the endpoint name, its IP, and the private DNS name (if requested).

## Phase 4 - Approve pending connection

**Owner:** Google Cloud admin

Until accepted, the endpoint exists but carries no traffic - and every connection attempt **times out**. The lifecycle:

1. **Created** - Atlan builds the endpoint (Phase 3)
2. **Pending** - waiting for your acceptance. Connections time out in this state.
3. **Accepted** - traffic flows. Atlan sees the status flip too.
4. **Usable** - proceed to Phase 5

Accept it in the Google Cloud console on the service attachment's **Connected endpoints** tab (or confirm the endpoint's project is in the accepted-projects list). **Nothing accepts itself** - a "we created everything but it still times out" report is, more often than not, an endpoint still sitting in pending.

## Phase 5 - Connect and verify

**Owner:** Atlan User

1. In the crawler setup (Direct method), enter the **private DNS name** - or the endpoint IP if no DNS zone was created - as the Host.
2. Click **Test connection**.

> **Info: DNS name not resolving?**
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> The private DNS name only exists inside Atlan's network - it will not resolve from your laptop, and that's normal. If the *crawler* can't resolve it either, ask support to verify the private DNS zone; using the endpoint IP directly is a valid stopgap.
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### Success checklist

- Endpoint status shows **Accepted** on your service attachment
- **Test connection** passes in Atlan
- A crawl scoped to one small schema completes
- A full crawl completes on schedule

## Next steps

[Crawl Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/cloud-sql-postgresql/crawl-cloud-sql-postgresql/llms.txt): Configure and run the crawler to extract metadata from Cloud SQL

_Last updated: 27 August 2026._

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