title: Access localhost on Google Cloud instance using External IP
body: <p>There are many similar questions to this on SO, but none of the solutions I saw really solved my issue completely. I'm doing test runs for a website framework hosted on the Google Cloud Platform.</p>
  
  <p>By default, the website is hosted on <a href="http://localhost:2800" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost:2800</a> And I know the external IP of the instance I'm running it on. How can I access the hosted website through a browser on my local machine? Do I use virtual hosts / port forwarding etc.?</p>