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gcloud config set — Set a property in the Google Cloud CLI configuration. Properties control various aspects of Google C

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Problem

How to use the gcloud config set command: Set a property in the Google Cloud CLI configuration. Properties control various aspects of Google Cloud CLI behavior. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/config/set>.

Solution

gcloud config set — Set a property in the Google Cloud CLI configuration. Properties control various aspects of Google Cloud CLI behavior. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/config/set>.

Set the project property in the core section:

gcloud config set project {{project_id}}

Set the compute zone for future operations:

gcloud config set compute/zone {{zone_name}}

Disable prompting to make gcloud suitable for scripting:

gcloud config set disable_prompts true

View the list of properties currently in use:

gcloud config list

Unset a previously set property:

gcloud config unset {{property_name}}

Create a new configuration profile:

gcloud config configurations create {{configuration_name}}

Switch between different configuration profiles:

gcloud config configurations activate {{configuration_name}}

Code Snippets

Set the project property in the core section

gcloud config set project {{project_id}}

Set the compute zone for future operations

gcloud config set compute/zone {{zone_name}}

Disable prompting to make gcloud suitable for scripting

gcloud config set disable_prompts true

View the list of properties currently in use

gcloud config list

Unset a previously set property

gcloud config unset {{property_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gcloud config set

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