title: How to port forward Google Compute Engine Instance?
body: <p>I've set up a VPS using the Google Compute Engine platform. In the instance, I've established a MongoDB database that's being locally hosted at the default port 21017. I've also set up a REST API based NodeJS server with express listening in on connections at port 8080. </p>
  
  <p>Right now, I can only access the NodeJS site internally. How do I expose the VPS port 8080 to the external ip address so that I can access the API anywhere?</p>
  
  <p>I tried following along an answer to this post: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22453803/enable-access-google-compute-engine-instance-via-http-port">Enable Access Google Compute Engine Instance Via HTTP Port</a>.</p>
  
  <p>But that did not solve my issue</p>