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gcloud

Google Cloud Platform CLI - manage GCP resources including Compute Engine, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Functions, Storage, BigQuery, and more.

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SKILL.md

GCloud Skill

Use the gcloud CLI to manage Google Cloud Platform resources and services.

Authentication

Check current auth:

bash
gcloud auth list

Login interactively:

bash
gcloud auth login

Login with service account:

bash
gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=key.json

Application default credentials:

bash
gcloud auth application-default login

Project & Configuration

List projects:

bash
gcloud projects list

Set default project:

bash
gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

Show current config:

bash
gcloud config list

Create named configuration:

bash
gcloud config configurations create my-config
gcloud config configurations activate my-config

Set default region/zone:

bash
gcloud config set compute/region us-central1
gcloud config set compute/zone us-central1-a

Compute Engine (VMs)

List instances:

bash
gcloud compute instances list

Create instance:

bash
gcloud compute instances create my-vm \
  --zone=us-central1-a \
  --machine-type=e2-medium \
  --image-family=debian-12 \
  --image-project=debian-cloud

SSH to instance:

bash
gcloud compute ssh my-vm --zone=us-central1-a

Stop/start instance:

bash
gcloud compute instances stop my-vm --zone=us-central1-a
gcloud compute instances start my-vm --zone=us-central1-a

Delete instance:

bash
gcloud compute instances delete my-vm --zone=us-central1-a

Cloud Run

List services:

bash
gcloud run services list

Deploy from source:

bash
gcloud run deploy my-service --source . --region=us-central1

Deploy container:

bash
gcloud run deploy my-service \
  --image=gcr.io/PROJECT/IMAGE \
  --region=us-central1 \
  --allow-unauthenticated

View logs:

bash
gcloud run services logs read my-service --region=us-central1

Update traffic split:

bash
gcloud run services update-traffic my-service \
  --to-revisions=LATEST=100 \
  --region=us-central1

Cloud Functions

List functions:

bash
gcloud functions list

Deploy function (2nd gen):

bash
gcloud functions deploy my-function \
  --gen2 \
  --runtime=nodejs20 \
  --region=us-central1 \
  --trigger-http \
  --entry-point=handler \
  --source=.

View logs:

bash
gcloud functions logs read my-function --region=us-central1

Delete function:

bash
gcloud functions delete my-function --region=us-central1

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

List clusters:

bash
gcloud container clusters list

Get credentials for kubectl:

bash
gcloud container clusters get-credentials my-cluster \
  --zone=us-central1-a

Create cluster:

bash
gcloud container clusters create my-cluster \
  --zone=us-central1-a \
  --num-nodes=3

Resize node pool:

bash
gcloud container clusters resize my-cluster \
  --node-pool=default-pool \
  --num-nodes=5 \
  --zone=us-central1-a

Cloud Storage

List buckets:

bash
gcloud storage buckets list

Create bucket:

bash
gcloud storage buckets create gs://my-bucket --location=us-central1

List objects:

bash
gcloud storage ls gs://my-bucket/

Copy files:

bash
# Upload
gcloud storage cp local-file.txt gs://my-bucket/

# Download
gcloud storage cp gs://my-bucket/file.txt ./

# Recursive
gcloud storage cp -r ./local-dir gs://my-bucket/

Sync directory:

bash
gcloud storage rsync -r ./local-dir gs://my-bucket/remote-dir

Cloud SQL

List instances:

bash
gcloud sql instances list

Create instance:

bash
gcloud sql instances create my-instance \
  --database-version=POSTGRES_15 \
  --tier=db-f1-micro \
  --region=us-central1

Connect via proxy:

bash
gcloud sql connect my-instance --user=postgres

Create database:

bash
gcloud sql databases create mydb --instance=my-instance

BigQuery

List datasets:

bash
bq ls

Run query:

bash
bq query --use_legacy_sql=false 'SELECT * FROM dataset.table LIMIT 10'

Create dataset:

bash
bq mk --dataset my_dataset

Load data:

bash
bq load --source_format=CSV my_dataset.my_table gs://bucket/data.csv

Pub/Sub

List topics:

bash
gcloud pubsub topics list

Create topic:

bash
gcloud pubsub topics create my-topic

Publish message:

bash
gcloud pubsub topics publish my-topic --message="Hello"

Create subscription:

bash
gcloud pubsub subscriptions create my-sub --topic=my-topic

Pull messages:

bash
gcloud pubsub subscriptions pull my-sub --auto-ack

Secret Manager

List secrets:

bash
gcloud secrets list

Create secret:

bash
echo -n "my-secret-value" | gcloud secrets create my-secret --data-file=-

Access secret:

bash
gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=my-secret

Add new version:

bash
echo -n "new-value" | gcloud secrets versions add my-secret --data-file=-

IAM

List service accounts:

bash
gcloud iam service-accounts list

Create service account:

bash
gcloud iam service-accounts create my-sa \
  --display-name="My Service Account"

Create key:

bash
gcloud iam service-accounts keys create key.json \
  --iam-account=my-sa@PROJECT.iam.gserviceaccount.com

Add IAM binding:

bash
gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID \
  --member="serviceAccount:my-sa@PROJECT.iam.gserviceaccount.com" \
  --role="roles/storage.admin"

Cloud Build

Submit build:

bash
gcloud builds submit --tag gcr.io/PROJECT/IMAGE

List builds:

bash
gcloud builds list

View build logs:

bash
gcloud builds log BUILD_ID

Artifact Registry

List repositories:

bash
gcloud artifacts repositories list

Configure Docker:

bash
gcloud auth configure-docker us-central1-docker.pkg.dev

Logging

Read logs:

bash
gcloud logging read "resource.type=cloud_run_revision" --limit=50

Tail logs:

bash
gcloud logging tail "resource.type=gce_instance"

App Engine

Deploy app:

bash
gcloud app deploy

View logs:

bash
gcloud app logs tail

Browse app:

bash
gcloud app browse

Useful Flags

Format as JSON:

bash
gcloud compute instances list --format=json

Format as table with specific columns:

bash
gcloud compute instances list --format="table(name,zone,status)"

Filter results:

bash
gcloud compute instances list --filter="status=RUNNING"

Quiet mode (no prompts):

bash
gcloud compute instances delete my-vm --quiet

Cheat Sheet

Quick reference:

bash
gcloud cheat-sheet

Interactive shell:

bash
gcloud interactive

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