Google Cloud SDK Install and Configure

How to install Google Cloud SDK and Configure for Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

1. Get access to https://console.cloud.google.com by getting a free tier account activated with your google account and a valid credit card.
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3. Google Cloud SDK is a command-line interface for controlling Google Cloud Platform products and services. 
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5. Download the file GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe from https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe (For Windows Platform) . For other platforms, please refer to https://cloud.google.com/sdk/
6. Once downloaded double-click the installer executable file from downloads folder and complete the installation.
7. Hold on folks, we are not done with the job yet.!!
8. Now configure the cloud SDK installer for google  using gcloud init console command,  similar to below one: 
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10. Test the working of gcloud CLI by the command below:
• gcloud compute images list /*To list the operating System images available by default in GCP */
• gcloud compute zones list
  /*To list the availability zones available by default in GCP */
• gcloud compute instances create demo-jenkins-instance-1 --image-project centos-cloud --image centos-7-v20190423 --machine-type n1-standard-1 --zone asia-northeast1-a /* To create an instance in gcp by passing relevant parameters */
• gcloud compute instances describe <instance name>  /*To check for existing instance in gcp, use the command similar to below*/ 
• Sample Output
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• >gcloud compute instances describe demo-tomcat-instance-1 

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  canIpForward: false

  
  

  cpuPlatform: Intel Haswell

  
  

  creationTimestamp: '2019-03-16T04:33:56.843-07:00'

  
  

  deletionProtection: false

  
  

  description: ''

  disks:

  - autoDelete: true

    boot: true

    deviceName: demo-tomcat-instance-1

    index: 0

    interface: SCSI

    kind: compute#attachedDisk

    licenses:

    - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/centos-cloud/global/licenses/centos-7

    mode: READ_WRITE

    source: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/subtle-poet-231812/zones/us-east1-b/disks/demo-tomcat-instance-1

    type: PERSISTENT

  id: '7314555617687986636'

  kind: compute#instance

  labelFingerprint: 42WmSpB8rSM=

  machineType: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/subtle-poet-231812/zones/us-east1-b/machineTypes/n1-standard-1

  metadata:

    fingerprint: sKpdoLSMkQ8=

    kind: compute#metadata

  name: demo-tomcat-instance-1

  networkInterfaces:

  - accessConfigs:

    - kind: compute#accessConfig

      name: External NAT

      natIP: 34.73.246.154

      networkTier: PREMIUM

      type: ONE_TO_ONE_NAT

    fingerprint: mlzggKQryXg=

    kind: compute#networkInterface

    name: nic0

    network: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/subtle-poet-231812/global/networks/default

    networkIP: 10.142.0.5

    subnetwork: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/subtle-poet-231812/regions/us-east1/subnetworks/default

  scheduling:

    automaticRestart: true

    onHostMaintenance: MIGRATE

    preemptible: false

  selfLink: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/subtle-poet-231812/zones/us-east1-b/instances/demo-tomcat-instance-1

  serviceAccounts:

  - email: 443849179644-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com

    scopes:

    - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only

    - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write

    - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring.write

    - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/servicecontrol

    - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/service.management.readonly

    - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/trace.append

  startRestricted: false

  status: RUNNING

  tags:

    fingerprint: 42WmSpB8rSM=

  zone: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/subtle-poet-231812/zones/us-east1-b

• >gcloud compute instances create demo-jenkins-instance-1 --image-project centos-cloud --image centos-7-v20190423 --machine-type n1-standard-1 --zone asia-northeast1-a

• >gcloud compute instances create demo-ansible-instance-1 --image-project centos-cloud --image centos-7-v20190423 --machine-type n1-standard-1 --zone asia-northeast1-a

  

  
  

  
  
  

  

  
  

  Congratulations you have successfully created an instance in google cloud in no time. ssh using your project private key , user name and External IP. I use git bash (for windows https://git-scm.com/download/win) for taking remote ssh connections of servers.
  
  

  

  Please feel free to add in comments if you face any difficulties. I will be happy to help you.