gcloud

gcloud

Setup

brew install google-cloud-sdk

Verify installation:

gcloud --version

Use --format=json for machine-readable output.

gcloud auth login

For application default credentials:

gcloud auth application-default login

Command	Description
`gcloud config set project <project-id>`	Set the active project
`gcloud config get project`	Get the active project
`gcloud config set compute/region <region>`	Set default compute region
`gcloud config set compute/zone <zone>`	Set default compute zone
`gcloud config list`	List all active configuration properties
`gcloud config configurations list`	List all named configurations
`gcloud config configurations activate <name>`	Switch to a named configuration

Command	Description
`gcloud projects list`	List all accessible projects
`gcloud projects describe <project-id>`	Show project details
`gcloud projects create <project-id>`	Create a new project

Command	Description
`gcloud compute instances list`	List all VM instances
`gcloud compute instances create <name> --machine-type=e2-medium`	Create a VM instance
`gcloud compute instances start <name>`	Start an instance
`gcloud compute instances stop <name>`	Stop an instance
`gcloud compute instances delete <name>`	Delete an instance
`gcloud compute ssh <name>`	SSH into an instance

Command	Description
`gcloud run deploy <service> --source .`	Deploy from source code
`gcloud run deploy <service> --image <image>`	Deploy a container image
`gcloud run deploy <service> --source . --allow-unauthenticated`	Deploy with public access
`gcloud run services list`	List all Cloud Run services
`gcloud run services describe <service>`	Show service details
`gcloud run services delete <service>`	Delete a service

Command	Description
`gcloud functions deploy <name> --runtime nodejs20 --trigger-http`	Deploy an HTTP function
`gcloud functions deploy <name> --trigger-topic <topic>`	Deploy with Pub/Sub trigger
`gcloud functions list`	List all functions
`gcloud functions describe <name>`	Show function details
`gcloud functions delete <name>`	Delete a function
`gcloud functions logs read <name>`	Read function logs

Command	Description
`gcloud sql instances list`	List all Cloud SQL instances
`gcloud sql instances describe <name>`	Show instance details
`gcloud sql instances create <name> --database-version=POSTGRES_15`	Create a PostgreSQL instance
`gcloud sql databases list --instance=<name>`	List databases in an instance
`gcloud sql connect <name> --user=postgres`	Connect to an instance

Command	Description
`gcloud storage ls`	List all buckets
`gcloud storage ls gs://<bucket>`	List objects in a bucket
`gcloud storage cp <file> gs://<bucket>/`	Upload a file
`gcloud storage cp gs://<bucket>/<object> .`	Download a file
`gcloud storage buckets create gs://<bucket>`	Create a bucket

Command	Description
`gcloud app deploy`	Deploy application to App Engine
`gcloud app browse`	Open deployed app in browser
`gcloud app logs tail`	Tail application logs

Flag	Description
`--format=json`	Output as JSON
`--format=table`	Output as table
`--project <id>`	Override active project
`--quiet`	Suppress interactive prompts
`--verbosity <level>`	Set log verbosity (debug, info, warning, error)