* Understand Organization Policies:
* Organization policies allow you to enforce restrictions on Google Cloud resources to adhere to your organization's security and compliance requirements.
* Policies can be set at the organization, folder, or project level, with project-level policies able to override higher-level policies unless explicitly prevented.
* Identify the Policy Constraint:
* The specific constraint in question is likely constraints/compute.vmExternalIpAccess, which controls whether VMs can have external IP addresses.
* Check Policy Overwrites:
* Navigate to the Organization Policies page in the Google Cloud Console.
* Check the policy settings at the project level under the affected folder to see if there is an override in place with an 'allow' value.
* This override would permit the creation of VMs with external IP addresses despite the higher- level restriction.
* Resolve the Policy Conflict:
* If an override is found, remove or modify the project-level policy to align with the organizational policy denying external IP addresses.
* Communicate with project administrators to ensure they understand and comply with the overarching security policies.
References:
* Organization Policy Best Practices
* Managing Policy Constraints