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gcloud config — Manage different configurations of `gcloud`. See also: `gcloud`. More information: <https://docs.clo

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Problem

How to use the gcloud config command: Manage different configurations of gcloud. See also: gcloud. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/config>.

Solution

gcloud config — Manage different configurations of gcloud. See also: gcloud. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/config>.

Define a property (like compute/zone) for the current configuration:

gcloud config set {{property}} {{value}}

Fetch the value of a gcloud property:

gcloud config get {{property}}

Display all the properties for the current configuration:

gcloud config list

Create a new configuration with a given name:

gcloud config configurations create {{configuration_name}}

Display a list of all available configurations:

gcloud config configurations list

Switch to an existing configuration with a given name:

gcloud config configurations activate {{configuration_name}}

Code Snippets

Define a property (like compute/zone) for the current configuration

gcloud config set {{property}} {{value}}

Fetch the value of a `gcloud` property

gcloud config get {{property}}

Display all the properties for the current configuration

gcloud config list

Create a new configuration with a given name

gcloud config configurations create {{configuration_name}}

Display a list of all available configurations

gcloud config configurations list

Context

tldr-pages: common/gcloud config

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