- NAME
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- gcloud cheat-sheet - display gcloud cheat sheet
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud cheat-sheet[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- A roster of go-to
gcloudcommands for the gcloud tool, Google Cloud's primary command-line tool. - Getting started
- Get going with the
gcloudcommand-line tool-
gcloud init: Initialize, authorize, and configure thegcloudtool. -
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 setproject: Set a default Google Cloud project to work on. -
gcloud info: Display currentgcloudtool environment details.
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- Help
- Google Cloud CLI is happy to help
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gcloud help: Search thegcloudtool 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.
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- Personalization
- Make the Google Cloud CLI your own; personalize your configuration with
properties
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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.
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- Credentials
- Grant and revoke authorization to Google Cloud CLI
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gcloud auth login: Authorize Google Cloud access for thegcloudtool with Google user credentials and set current account as active. -
gcloud auth activate-service-account: Likegcloud auth loginbut 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.
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- Projects
- Manage project access policies
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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.
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- Identity & Access Management
- Configuring Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM) preferences and service
accounts
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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.
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- Docker & Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Manage containerized applications on Kubernetes
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gcloud auth configure-docker: Register thegcloudtool 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: Updatekubeconfigto getkubectlto use a GKE cluster. -
gcloud container images list-tags: List tag and digest metadata for a container image.
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- Virtual Machines & Compute Engine
- Create, run, and manage VMs on Google infrastructure
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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.
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- Serverless & App Engine
- Build highly scalable applications on a fully managed serverless platform
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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.
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- Miscellaneous
- Commands that might come in handy
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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.
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- 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 helpfor details.
gcloud cheat-sheet
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.
