# Error while using W&B on Vertex AI GCP

**URL:** <https://community.wandb.ai/t/error-while-using-w-b-on-vertex-ai-gcp/3583>\
**Category:** W&B Help\
**Created:** [December 22, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/error-while-using-w-b-on-vertex-ai-gcp/3583 "2022-12-22T12:23:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ahmadelbehery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@ahmadelbehery](https://community.wandb.ai/u/ahmadelbehery)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/error-while-using-w-b-on-vertex-ai-gcp/3583/1 "2022-12-22T12:23:27Z")

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Hi,  
Recently I switched from AWS to GCP, and when I try to run wandb.init() it keeps raising the following error

```auto
wandb: Network error (ConnectTimeout), entering retry loop.
wandb: Network error (ConnectTimeout), entering retry loop.
wandb: ERROR Error communicating with wandb process
Problem at: /tmp/ipykernel_1/1411081884.py 2 <module>
UsageError: Error communicating with wandb process

```

It seems that the notebook has some restrictions on connecting with the web, is there anything I can do to overcome this error?

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**Author:** ![luis\_bergua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@luis\_bergua](https://community.wandb.ai/u/luis_bergua)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/error-while-using-w-b-on-vertex-ai-gcp/3583/2 "2022-12-27T11:36:22Z")

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Hi Ahmad,

Thanks for writing in! I let you here a public report where it is explained how to integrate W&B with Vertex AI. Please let me know if this is useful!

Best,  
Luis

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**Author:** ![luis\_bergua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@luis\_bergua](https://community.wandb.ai/u/luis_bergua)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/error-while-using-w-b-on-vertex-ai-gcp/3583/3 "2022-12-30T09:14:09Z")

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Hi Ahmad,

We wanted to follow up with you regarding your support request as we have not heard back from you. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance or if your issue has been resolved.

Best,  
Luis

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/wandb/original/1X/366b649231631dbab896843020da0056074ac79d.png) [@system](https://community.wandb.ai/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.wandb.ai/t/error-while-using-w-b-on-vertex-ai-gcp/3583/4 "2023-02-20T12:23:35Z")

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