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gcloud container — Manage containerized applications on Kubernetes and clusters. See also: `gcloud`. More information:

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Problem

How to use the gcloud container command: Manage containerized applications on Kubernetes and clusters. See also: gcloud. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/container>.

Solution

gcloud container — Manage containerized applications on Kubernetes and clusters. See also: gcloud. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/container>.

Register gcloud as a Docker credential helper:

gcloud auth configure-docker

Create a cluster to run GKE containers:

gcloud container clusters create {{cluster_name}}

List clusters for running GKE containers:

gcloud container clusters list

Update kubeconfig to get kubectl to use a GKE cluster:

gcloud container clusters get-credentials {{cluster_name}}

List tag and digest metadata for a container image:

gcloud container images list-tags {{image}}

Describe an existing cluster for running containers:

gcloud container clusters describe {{cluster_name}}

Code Snippets

gcloud auth configure-docker

Create a cluster to run GKE containers

gcloud container clusters create {{cluster_name}}

List clusters for running GKE containers

gcloud container clusters list

Update kubeconfig to get `kubectl` to use a GKE cluster

gcloud container clusters get-credentials {{cluster_name}}

List tag and digest metadata for a container image

gcloud container images list-tags {{image}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gcloud container

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