Google Cloud SDK Documentation

Google Cloud SDK is a set of tools that you can use to manage resources and applications hosted on Google Cloud Platform. These include the gcloud, gsutil, and bq command line tools. The gcloud command-line tool is downloaded along with the Cloud SDK; a comprehensive guide to gcloud can be found in gcloud Overview.

Additionally, gcloud reference documents all of the gcloud CLI's functionality.

Install the latest Cloud SDK version (223.0.0)

Linux

  1. Make sure that your system has Python 2 with a release number of Python 2.7.9 or later installed on your system. You may still have other versions of Python installed.

    python2 --version
  2. Download one of the following:

    3. Platform Package Size SHA256 Checksum
    Linux 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-sdk-223.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz 25.0 MB aca4f18e3ccd8dd24482fdc41e4d1c0c10c0192eb9d3c262f3d9ac870ee79419
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-sdk-223.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz 24.6 MB a0f2a8e4db078eeb89c945cc190056b8a17ded0fbc13103b40f435b76f863557

  3. Extract the contents of the file to any location on your file system. If you would like to replace an existing installation, remove the existing google-cloud-sdk directory and extract the archive to the same location.
  4. Optional. Use the install script to add Cloud SDK tools to your path. You'll also be able to opt-in to command-completion for your shell and usage statistics collection. Run the script using this command: 
    ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
    Open a new terminal so that the changes take effect.
  5. Run gcloud init to initialize the SDK:
    6. ./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init
  6. Optional. Install additional components using the component manager.
Debian/Ubuntu

Cloud SDK is available in package format for installation on Debian and Ubuntu systems. This package contains the gcloud, gcloud alpha, gcloud beta, gsutil, and bq commands only. It does not include kubectl or the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using gcloud commands. If you want these components, you must install them separately as described later in this section.

You can install the Cloud SDK from a Debian/Ubuntu package for all official Ubuntu releases that have not reached end of life, and Debian stable releases from Wheezy forward.

Note: If you are using an instance on Google Compute Engine, Cloud SDK is installed by default. You can still manually install Cloud SDK using the instructions below.

  1. Create an environment variable for the correct distribution: 
    export CLOUD_SDK_REPO="cloud-sdk-$(lsb_release -c -s)"
  2. Add the Cloud SDK distribution URI as a package source: 
    echo "deb http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt $CLOUD_SDK_REPO main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
    Note: If you have apt-transport-https installed, you can use "https" instead of "http" in this step.
  3. Import the Google Cloud public key: 
    curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
    Troubleshooting Tip: If you are unable to get latest updates due to an expired key, obtain the latest apt-get.gpg key file.
  4. Update and install the Cloud SDK: 
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-cloud-sdk
    Note: For additional apt-get options, such as disabling prompts or dry runs, refer to the apt-get man pages.
  5. Optionally, install any of these additional components:
    • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python
    • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python-extras
    • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java
    • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-go
    • google-cloud-sdk-datalab
    • google-cloud-sdk-datastore-emulator
    • google-cloud-sdk-pubsub-emulator
    • google-cloud-sdk-cbt
    • google-cloud-sdk-cloud-build-local
    • google-cloud-sdk-bigtable-emulator
    • kubectl

    For example, the google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java component can be installed as follows: 

    sudo apt-get install google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java
  6. Run gcloud init to get started: 
    gcloud init
Red Hat/CentOS

Cloud SDK is available in package format for installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and CentOS 7 systems. This package contains the gcloud, gcloud alpha, gcloud beta, gsutil, and bq commands only. It does not include kubectl or the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using gcloud commands, which can be installed separately.

Note: If you are using an instance on Google Compute Engine, Cloud SDK is installed by default.

  1. Update YUM with Cloud SDK repo information: 
    sudo tee -a /etc/yum.repos.d/google-cloud-sdk.repo << EOM
[google-cloud-sdk]
name=Google Cloud SDK
baseurl=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/cloud-sdk-el7-x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/yum-key.gpg
       https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/rpm-package-key.gpg
EOM

    Important: The second line of gpgkey must be indented as shown.

  2. Install the Cloud SDK: 
    yum install google-cloud-sdk
    Note: For additional yum options, such as disabling prompts or dry runs, refer to the yum man pages.
  3. Optionally, install any of these additional components:
    • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python
    • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python-extras
    • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java
    • google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-go
    • google-cloud-sdk-bigtable-emulator
    • google-cloud-sdk-datalab
    • google-cloud-sdk-datastore-emulator
    • google-cloud-sdk-cbt
    • google-cloud-sdk-cloud-build-local
    • google-cloud-sdk-pubsub-emulator
    • kubectl

    For example, the google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java component can be installed as follows: 

    yum install google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java
  4. Run gcloud init to get started: 
    gcloud init
macOS
  1. Modern versions of macOS include the appropriate version of Python required for the Google Cloud SDK; Cloud SDK requires Python 2 with a release number of Python 2.7.9 or later. Any additionally installed Python interpreters should not interfere with the Google Cloud SDK installation.
    2. python -V
  2. Download one of the following:

    3. Platform Package Size SHA256 Checksum
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-sdk-223.0.0-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 17.6 MB ce6412f9126698d2fb54c24f218249203d23566284f6f5e25aa7074cbebed0f7
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-sdk-223.0.0-darwin-x86.tar.gz 17.6 MB 98b4c83fc0b3ba517ba4b9889fdf44b7cdf4bd721b443815f9e4f6a264abdcc5

  3. Extract the contents of the file to any location on your file system. If you would like to replace an existing installation, remove the existing google-cloud-sdk directory and extract the archive to the same location.
  4. Optional. Use the install script to add Cloud SDK tools to your path. You'll also be able to opt-in to command-completion for your shell and usage statistics collection. Run the script using this command: 
    ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
    Open a new terminal so that the changes take effect.
  5. Run gcloud init to initialize the SDK:
    6. ./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init
  6. Optional. Install additional components using the component manager.
Windows

  1. Download the Cloud SDK installer. The installer is signed by Google Inc.

  2. Launch the installer and follow the prompts.

    Cloud SDK requires Python 2 with a release version of Python 2.7.9 or later. The installer will install all necessary dependencies, including the needed Python version, by default. If you already have Python 2.x.y installed and want to use the existing installation, you can uncheck the option to install Bundled Python.

  3. After installation has completed, accept the following options:

    • Start Cloud SDK Shell
    • Run gcloud init

    4. The installer starts a terminal window and runs the gcloud init command.

  4. The default installation does not include the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using gcloud commands. These components can be installed using the Cloud SDK component manager.

Note: On Google Compute Engine instances running Windows Server, Internet Explorer is set for Enhanced Security Configuration. This setting prevents you from running the installer above. Disable Enhanced Security Configuration first, restart Internet Explorer and then run the installer. For instructions on disabling Enhanced Security on your Windows Server Instance, open Windows Help and Support and search for "IE ESC".

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