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Problem

How to use the gcloud command: The official CLI tool for Google Cloud Platform. Some subcommands such as app and init have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud>.

Solution

gcloud — The official CLI tool for Google Cloud Platform. Some subcommands such as app and init have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud>.

List all properties in one's active configuration:

gcloud config list

Login to a Google account:

gcloud auth login

Set the active project:

gcloud config set project {{project_name}}

SSH into a virtual machine instance:

gcloud compute ssh {{user}}@{{instance}}

Display all Google Compute Engine instances in a project (by default instances from all zones are listed):

gcloud compute instances list

Update a kubeconfig file with the appropriate credentials to point kubectl to a specific cluster in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE):

gcloud container clusters get-credentials {{cluster_name}}

Update all gcloud components:

gcloud components update

Display help for a given command:

gcloud help {{command}}

Code Snippets

List all properties in one's active configuration

gcloud config list

gcloud auth login

Set the active project

gcloud config set project {{project_name}}

SSH into a virtual machine instance

gcloud compute ssh {{user}}@{{instance}}

Display all Google Compute Engine instances in a project (by default instances from all zones are listed)

gcloud compute instances list

Context

tldr-pages: common/gcloud

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