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Problem

How to use the gcloud compute command: Create, run, and manage VMs on Google Cloud infrastructure. See also: gcloud. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute>.

Solution

gcloud compute — Create, run, and manage VMs on Google Cloud infrastructure. See also: gcloud. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute>.

List Compute Engine zones:

gcloud compute zones list

Create a VM instance:

gcloud compute instances create {{instance_name}}

Display a VM instance's details:

gcloud compute instances describe {{instance_name}}

List all VM instances in a project:

gcloud compute instances list

Create a snapshot of a persistent disk:

gcloud compute disks snapshot {{disk_name}} --snapshot-names {{snapshot_name}}

Display a snapshot's details:

gcloud compute snapshots describe {{snapshot_name}}

Delete a snapshot:

gcloud compute snapshots delete {{snapshot_name}}

Connect to a VM instance using SSH:

gcloud compute ssh {{instance_name}}

Code Snippets

List Compute Engine zones

gcloud compute zones list

Create a VM instance

gcloud compute instances create {{instance_name}}

Display a VM instance's details

gcloud compute instances describe {{instance_name}}

List all VM instances in a project

gcloud compute instances list

Create a snapshot of a persistent disk

gcloud compute disks snapshot {{disk_name}} --snapshot-names {{snapshot_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/gcloud compute

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