Google Cloud CLI commands using Cloud Shell

Lab Details:

This lab will walk you through Google Cloud CLI Commands with Cloud Shell.

CloudShell will allow you to create a VM instance as well as a VPC network.

Duration: 45 minutes

Lab Overview:

Cloud Shell is a Debian-based virtual computer with 5-GB of persistent disk storage. It allows you to access your cloud resources from your browser by using command-line access.

Cloud SDK is not required to manage your projects or resources.

Gcloud is the command line interface that allows you to interact with most GCP Services preinstalled in Cloudshell. Gcloud allows you to talk to Compute Engine virtual machines and Managed Instance Groups, as well as create a database.

Some GCP Services provide specific CLI tools to access the service. They are

Cloud Storage - gsutil

Big Query - bq

Cloud Bigtable - cbt

Kubernetes (for managing pods, deployments) - kubectl

CloudShell can be used to interact with GCP services via Command Line Interface.