gcloud

The official CLI tool for Google Cloud Platform.

• List all properties in one's active configuration:

gcloud config list

• Log in to 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. Instances from all zones are listed by default:

gcloud compute instances list

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

gcloud container clusters get-credentials {cluster_name}

• Update all gcloud CLI components:

gcloud components update

• Show help for a given command:

gcloud help {command}

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