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I set one up using a free GCP instance and it's been working great so far. Would definitely handle your described usage and save you $5 a month

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Aren’t static IPs now excluded from the GCP free tier?

https://github.com/rajannpatel/Pi-Hole-PiVPN-on-Google-Compu...

(I run OpenVPN and PiHole from a GCP micro instance)

A VPN server doesn't strictly need a static IP, you can use dynamic DNS.

Can you explain, or provide a link?

I’m a networking novice, but in my .ovpn profiles I provide, the IP is hard-coded.

Instead of an IP, you can use a domain. Then you can use Dynamic DNS to keep that domain pointed at your current IP (essentially, you run a small program on the same computer as the VPN server, that updates the DNS provider every time the IP changes).

Not quite yet. But also like another user said, DuckDNS

"Note: Starting January 1st, 2020, GCP will charge for VM instance external IP addresses. However, under the Free Tier, in-use external IP addresses will be free until you have used a number of hours equal to the total hours in the current month. Free Tier for in-use external IP addresses apply to all instance types (not just f1.micro instances)."

Isn't there a 1 GB limit on network traffic though?

That's true, I forget about that bc I use it so sparingly

"1 GB network egress from North America to all region destinations per month (excluding China and Australia)"

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