Google Cloud CLI Cheat Sheet

Authentication

After creating a service account in the Google Cloud console and creating an access key, configure the gcloud CLI interactively with:

gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file ~/Downloads/<KEY_FILE>.json

Show the signed-in user

gcloud config get-value account

Alternatively, you can ensure the CLI is configured properly by running the following command to request a new access token for the currently logged in user:

gcloud auth print-identity-token

CLI Version Details

gcloud --version

Filtering and Querying

Enumerate Storage

List all buckets in a project:

gcloud storage ls

Enumerate all objects or blobs in a bucket:

gcloud storage ls --recursive gs://BUCKET_NAME/**

Uploading and Downloading Files from Storage

Uploading objects from files

gcloud storage cp OBJECT_LOCATION gs://DESTINATION_BUCKET_NAME

Downloading objects as files

gcloud storage cp gs://BUCKET_NAME/OBJECT_NAME SAVE_TO_LOCATION

SSH to a Public Cloud VM

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Encrypt and Decrypt Data

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