cheatsheet

Google Cloud CLI

$Configuration & Auth

gcloud init

Initialize gcloud CLI (select project, zone, etc.)

gcloud auth login

Authenticate gcloud CLI with Google account

gcloud config list

List current gcloud CLI configuration

gcloud config set project <project_id>

Set default GCP project

gcloud config set compute/zone <zone>

Set default compute zone

$Compute Engine (VMs)

gcloud compute instances list

List all Compute Engine VM instances

gcloud compute instances start <instance-name>

Start a VM instance

gcloud compute instances stop <instance-name>

Stop a VM instance

gcloud compute instances ssh <instance-name>

SSH into a VM instance

gcloud compute instances create my-vm --machine-type=e2-micro --image-family=debian-11 --image-project=debian-cloud

Create a new VM instance

$Cloud Storage (Buckets)

gsutil ls

List all Cloud Storage buckets

gsutil mb gs://my-unique-bucket/

Create a new Cloud Storage bucket

gsutil cp local_file.txt gs://my-bucket/

Upload a file to a bucket

gsutil cp gs://my-bucket/remote_file.txt .

Download a file from a bucket

gsutil rm gs://my-bucket/file.txt

Delete a file from a bucket

$Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

gcloud container clusters list

List GKE clusters

gcloud container clusters get-credentials <cluster-name> --zone <zone>

Get kubectl credentials for a GKE cluster

gcloud container clusters create my-gke-cluster --num-nodes=1

Create a new GKE cluster

$Deployment & Functions

gcloud app deploy

Deploy a Google App Engine application

gcloud functions deploy my-function --runtime python39 --trigger-http

Deploy a Cloud Function

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