Run gcloud commands with Cloud Shell

Set gcloud properties

1. Launch the Cloud Shell Editor .

2. Prevent color from being used when printing messages to the terminal by setting a core property:

    gcloud config set disable_color true 
   

3. Unset the disable_color property:

    gcloud config unset disable_color 
   

4. If you have the Compute Engine API enabled, set your preferred Compute Engine region. Replace REGION with a region name—for example, us-east1 :

     gcloud 
     
    config 
     
    set 
     
    compute 
    / 
    region 
     
     REGION 
    
    
   

   Alternatively, you can set your preferred zone. Replace ZONE with a zone name—for example, us-east1-b :

    gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE 
    
   

   For information about Compute Engine regions and zones, see Regions and zones .

5. Display a list of available properties:

    gcloud topic configurations 
   

Run core commands

1. List accounts whose credentials are stored on the local system:

    gcloud auth list 
   

   The gcloud CLI displays a list of credentialed accounts, where ACCOUNT_EMAIL represents a list of one or more active accounts:

   Credentialed Accounts
   ACTIVE  ACCOUNT
   \*  ACCOUNT_EMAIL 
    
   

2. List the properties in your active gcloud CLI configuration:

    gcloud config list 
   

   The gcloud CLI displays the list of properties similar to the following, where ACCOUNT_EMAIL and PROJECT_ID display your email and project ID:

   [core]
   account = ACCOUNT_EMAIL 
   disable_usage_reporting = False
   project = PROJECT_ID 
   

3. View information about your gcloud CLI installation and the active configuration:

    gcloud info 
   

View help for gcloud commands

1. View the help for the gcloud compute instances create command:

    gcloud help compute instances create 
   

2. View available commands under gcloud topic :

    gcloud help topic 
   

3. View information on filtering:

    gcloud topic filters 
   

4. Learn more about gcloud command structure:

    gcloud topic command-conventions