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Complete guide for installing and configuring Google Cloud Command Line Interface (gcloud CLI) across different operating systems.
The Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) is a command-line tool for managing Google Cloud resources and services.
# Add the Cloud SDK distribution URI as a package source
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | \
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
# Import the Google Cloud public key
curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | \
sudo apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add -
# Update and install the Cloud SDK
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y google-cloud-cli
# Initialize gcloud
gcloud init
# Verify installation
gcloud --version# Initialize gcloud and authenticate
gcloud init
# Authenticate with application-default credentials
gcloud auth application-default login
# Set project
gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID
# Set compute zone
gcloud config set compute/zone us-central1-a# Create new configuration
gcloud config configurations create my-config
# List configurations
gcloud config configurations list
# Switch configurations
gcloud config configurations activate my-config
# View current configuration
gcloud config list# Create service account
gcloud iam service-accounts create my-service-account \
--display-name "My Service Account"
# Download service account key
gcloud iam service-accounts keys create key.json \
--iam-account my-service-account@PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com
# Activate service account
gcloud auth activate-service-account \
--key-file=key.json# List instances
gcloud compute instances list
# Create instance
gcloud compute instances create my-instance \
--machine-type=e2-medium \
--image-family=debian-10 \
--image-project=debian-cloud
# SSH into instance
gcloud compute ssh my-instance
# Stop instance
gcloud compute instances stop my-instance# Create bucket
gsutil mb gs://my-bucket
# Copy files to bucket
gsutil cp local-file.txt gs://my-bucket/
# List buckets
gsutil ls
# Set bucket permissions
gsutil iam ch user:john@example.com:objectViewer gs://my-bucketProject Organization
# Create and manage projects
gcloud projects create my-project-id
gcloud config set project my-project-id
# Use labels for resources
gcloud compute instances create my-instance \
--labels=environment=production,team=devopsSecurity
# Use service accounts for automation
gcloud iam service-accounts create my-sa \
--display-name "My Service Account"
# Grant minimal permissions
gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID \
--member="serviceAccount:my-sa@PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com" \
--role="roles/viewer"Resource Management
# Use resource policies
gcloud compute resource-policies create snapshot-schedule \
policy-name --schedule="0 */12 * * *" \
--snapshot-labels=type=automated# Set project ID
export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT="your-project-id"
# Set application credentials
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="path/to/service-account-key.json"
# Set default region
export CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION="us-central1"# ~/.config/gcloud/configurations/config_default
[core]
account = user@example.com
project = my-project-id
disable_usage_reporting = True
[compute]
zone = us-central1-a
region = us-central1
[container]
cluster = my-cluster# List available components
gcloud components list
# Install specific components
gcloud components install beta
gcloud components install kubectl
# Update all components
gcloud components update
# Remove component
gcloud components remove COMPONENT_ID