The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofCloudShellServiceClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedCloudShellServiceConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis document provides reference information for interacting with Google Cloud Shell using C++ version 2.12.0, including the \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceClient\u003c/code\u003e class.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe latest version available is 2.37.0-rc, and the document lists links to documentation for several older versions, ranging from 2.36.0 down to 2.11.0, for developers to review.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eKey classes are defined, \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceClient\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e, for interacting with Google Cloud Shell and configuring its connections, respectively, to the cloud.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document outlines several struct types for configuring backoff, retry, and polling policies for the \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellService\u003c/code\u003e, along with type aliases for retry policies and an option list.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document also includes a function to create a \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, to be passed to the \u003ccode\u003eCloudShellServiceClient\u003c/code\u003e class for interactions with Google Cloud Shell.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::shell_v1 (2.12.0)\n\nVersion 2.12.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [CloudShellServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceClient)\n\nAPI for interacting with Google Cloud Shell.\n\n### [CloudShellServiceConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection)\n\nThe [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection) object for [`CloudShellServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceClient).\n\n### [CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [CloudShellServiceBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [CloudShellServicePollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServicePollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [CloudShellServiceRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeCloudShellServiceConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [CloudShellServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`CloudShellServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1_1_1CloudShellServiceConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::shell_v1::CloudShellServicePolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/shell/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1shell__v1)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultCloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### CloudShellServiceRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::TraitBasedRetryPolicy\u003c shell_v1_internal::CloudShellServiceRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### CloudShellServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::LimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c shell_v1_internal::CloudShellServiceRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### CloudShellServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::LimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c shell_v1_internal::CloudShellServiceRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### CloudShellServicePolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c CloudShellServiceRetryPolicyOption, CloudShellServiceBackoffPolicyOption, CloudShellServicePollingPolicyOption, CloudShellServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to CloudShellService."]]
