In the Google Cloud CLI, configurations enable you to set properties that
affect the behavior of the active gcloud session. A default configuration is
created when you initialize Google Cloud CLI and you can create other named
configurations.
A configuration can include default values for specific properties so that you do not need to specify them in your commands.
For more information about using configurations, see the gcloud config documentation.
Setting defaults
You can set a default project, repository, and repository location in the Google Cloud CLI active configuration so that you don't need to include them in commands where those values are required. If you do specify a value for a project, repository, or repository location, that value overrides the configured default.
If you're using remote or virtual repositories, setting default repository or
repository location values might not be helpful if you're also frequently using
standard repositories in different locations. You can always override the
defaults by specifying the --repository or --location flag in your command.
Setting a default project
To set default project for all gcloud commands, run the command:
gcloud config set project PROJECT
Where PROJECT is the ID of the project or fully qualified identifier for the project.
To override the default, use the --project flag in your command. For example
gcloud artifacts packages list --project=my-project
Setting a default repository
To set a default repository, run the command:
gcloud config set artifacts/repository REPOSITORY
Where REPOSITORY is name of the repository, or fully qualified identifier for the repository.
To override the default, use the --repository flag in your command. For example
gcloud artifacts packages list --repository=my-repo
Setting a default location
To set a default repository location, run the command:
gcloud config set artifacts/location LOCATION
Where LOCATION is the regional or multi-regional location for the repository. To view a list of supported locations, run the command:
gcloud artifacts locations list
To override the default, use the --location flag in your command. For example
gcloud artifacts packages list --repository=my-repo --location=us-central1
Removing default values
When you remove a default value for a configuration property, you must specify
it in gcloud commands that require the property.
To unset the default project run the following command:
gcloud config unset project
To unset the default repository, run the following command:
gcloud config unset artifacts/repository
To unset the default location, run the following command:
gcloud config unset artifacts/location