GCP Cloud SDK

Command-line interface for Google Cloud Platform products and services.

Installation

  • Visit https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstart-mac-os-x
  • Download the package for Mac OS X (x86_64)
  • Extract the archive
  • Move the extracted folder google-cloud-sdk to your $HOME
  • E.g. the extracted folder is under Downloads
  • Open Terminal
    mv $HOME/Downloads/google-cloud-sdk $HOME
  • Run the install script to add Cloud SDK tools to your path and enable command-completion
    cd $HOME
./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
  • Follow the on screen instructions
  • When you are asked about Modify profile to update your $PATH and enable shell command completion? (Y/n)?
  • Enter: n
  • To verify, open a tab in Terminal to take effect
  • Then type:
    gcloud --version
  • You should see output like these:
    Google Cloud SDK 133.0.0
bq 2.0.24
bq-nix 2.0.24
core 2016.11.01
core-nix 2016.11.01
gcloud 
gsutil 4.22
gsutil-nix 4.22

Initialize the SDK

  • Type this in Terminal:
    gcloud init
  • Follow the on screen instructions
  • Your browser will be launched and ask you to sign in with your Google Account
  • After you login with your Google Account, click Allow button to authroize Google Cloud SDK
  • Then go back to the Terminal
  • Follow the on screen instructions again

Configuration and Credential Files

  • The files are generated and stored under:
  • ~/.config/gcloud/configurations/config_default
[core]
account = [email protected]
project = hackathon

[compute]
zone = asia-east1-a
region = asia-east1

Multiple configurations

  • To create another configuration: (replace triathlon by your desired name)
    gcloud config configurations create triathlon
  • A new configuration is created and activated.
  • Then:
    gcloud init
  • But this time, select option 1 Re-initialize this configuration [triathlon] with new settings
  • Follow the on screen instructions
  • To activate between different configurations
    gcloud config configurations activate default
  • In order to find out all available configurations:
    gcloud config configurations list

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