Gcloud CLI Cheatsheet

  NAME

    gcloud cheat-sheet - display gcloud cheat sheet

SYNOPSIS

    gcloud cheat-sheet [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

    A roster of go-to gcloud commands for the gcloud tool, Google Cloud's

    primary command-line tool.

  Getting started

    Get going with the gcloud command-line tool

      ▪ gcloud init: Initialize, authorize, and configure the gcloud tool.

      ▪ gcloud version: Display version and installed components.

      ▪ gcloud components install: Install specific components.

      ▪ gcloud components update: Update your Google Cloud CLI to the latest

        version.

      ▪ gcloud config set project: Set a default Google Cloud project to work

        on.

      ▪ gcloud info: Display current gcloud tool environment details.

  Help

    Google Cloud CLI is happy to help

      ▪ gcloud help: Search the gcloud tool reference documents for specific

        terms.

      ▪ gcloud feedback: Provide feedback for the Google Cloud CLI team.

      ▪ gcloud topic: Supplementary help material for non-command topics like

        accessibility, filtering, and formatting.

  Personalization

    Make the Google Cloud CLI your own; personalize your configuration with

    properties

      ▪ gcloud config set: Define a property (like compute/zone) for the

        current configuration.

      ▪ gcloud config get: Fetch value of a Google Cloud CLI property.

      ▪ gcloud config list: Display all the properties for the current

        configuration.

      ▪ gcloud config configurations create: Create a new named

        configuration.

      ▪ gcloud config configurations list: Display a list of all available

        configurations.

      ▪ gcloud config configurations activate: Switch to an existing named

        configuration.

  Credentials

    Grant and revoke authorization to Google Cloud CLI

      ▪ gcloud auth login: Authorize Google Cloud access for the gcloud tool

        with Google user credentials and set current account as active.

      ▪ gcloud auth activate-service-account: Like gcloud auth login but with

        service account credentials.

      ▪ gcloud auth list: List all credentialed accounts.

      ▪ gcloud auth print-access-token: Display the current account's access

        token.

      ▪ gcloud auth revoke: Remove access credentials for an account.

 Projects

    Manage project access policies

      ▪ gcloud projects describe: Display metadata for a project (including

        its ID).

      ▪ gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding: Add an IAM policy binding to

        a specified project.

  Identity & Access Management

    Configuring Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM) preferences and

    service accounts

      ▪ gcloud iam list-grantable-roles: List IAM grantable roles for a

        resource.

      ▪ gcloud iam roles create: Create a custom role for a project or org.

      ▪ gcloud iam service-accounts create: Create a service account for a

        project.

      ▪ gcloud iam service-accounts add-iam-policy-binding: Add an IAM policy

        binding to a service account.

      ▪ gcloud iam service-accounts set-iam-policy: Replace existing IAM

        policy binding.

      ▪ gcloud iam service-accounts keys list: List a service account's keys.

  Docker & Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

    Manage containerized applications on Kubernetes

      ▪ gcloud auth configure-docker: Register the gcloud tool as a Docker

        credential helper.

      ▪ gcloud container clusters create: Create a cluster to run GKE

        containers.

      ▪ gcloud container clusters list: List clusters for running GKE

        containers.

      ▪ gcloud container clusters get-credentials: Update kubeconfig to get

        kubectl to use a GKE cluster.

      ▪ gcloud container images list-tags: List tag and digest metadata for a

        container image.

  Virtual Machines & Compute Engine

    Create, run, and manage VMs on Google infrastructure

      ▪ gcloud compute zones list: List Compute Engine zones.

      ▪ gcloud compute instances describe: Display a VM instance's details.

      ▪ gcloud compute instances list: List all VM instances in a project.

      ▪ gcloud compute disks snapshot: Create snapshot of persistent disks.

      ▪ gcloud compute snapshots describe: Display a snapshot's details.

      ▪ gcloud compute snapshots delete: Delete a snapshot.

      ▪ gcloud compute ssh: Connect to a VM instance by using SSH.

  Serverless & App Engine

    Build highly scalable applications on a fully managed serverless platform

      ▪ gcloud app deploy: Deploy your app's code and configuration to the

        App Engine server.

      ▪ gcloud app versions list: List all versions of all services deployed

        to the App Engine server.

      ▪ gcloud app browse: Open the current app in a web browser.

      ▪ gcloud app create: Create an App Engine app within your current

        project.

      ▪ gcloud app logs read: Display the latest App Engine app logs.

  Miscellaneous

    Commands that might come in handy

      ▪ gcloud kms decrypt: Decrypt ciphertext (to a plaintext file) using a

        Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) key.

      ▪ gcloud logging logs list: List your project's logs.

      ▪ gcloud sql backups describe: Display info about a Cloud SQL instance

        backup.

      ▪ gcloud sql export sql: Export data from a Cloud SQL instance to a SQL

        file.

EXAMPLES

    To view this cheat sheet, run:

        $ gcloud cheat-sheet

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

    These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account,

    --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format,

    --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet,

    --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

    Run $ gcloud help for details.