Install the gcloud CLI

This page contains instructions for choosing and maintaining a Google Cloud CLI installation. The Google Cloud CLI includes the gcloud, gsutil and bq command-line tools. For a list of gcloud CLI features, see All features.

To access the Google Cloud APIs using a supported programming language, you can download the Cloud Client Libraries.

Installation instructions

These instructions are for installing the Google Cloud CLI. For information about installing additional components, such as gcloud CLI commands at the alpha or beta release level, see Managing gcloud CLI components.

Note: If you are behind a proxy or firewall, see the proxy settings page for more information on installation.

Linux

1. Confirm that you have a supported version of Python. The Google Cloud CLI requires Python 3.8 to 3.12. Note that the x86_64 Linux package includes a bundled Python interpreter that will be preferred by default. For information on how to choose and configure your Python interpreter, see gcloud topic startup.
2. Download one of the following:
   Note: To determine your Linux Platform, run uname -a at the command line.

   Platform	Package name	Size	SHA256 Checksum
   Linux 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	131.4 MB	6b51a06aea82a83784f5e4d401a2b876f1ba2d21fe4ef1f171cf65864952f1f1
   Linux 64-bit (Arm)	google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz	53.7 MB	fed03accf21201957e936e096ed167192caafa12bebded325f7ea7fc8f068241
   Linux 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz	53.7 MB	1cfd2796ac9085bb15fb625aac9f22abbd6e422fd471c8b753ccee5d3f5c7d66

   To download the Linux archive file, run the following command:

   curl -O https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-cli-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

   Refer to the table above and replace google-cloud-cli-linux-x86_64.tar.gz with the *.tar.gz package name that applies to your configuration.

3. To extract the contents of the file to your file system (preferably to your home directory), run the following command:

   tar -xf google-cloud-cli-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

   Optional: To replace an existing installation, remove the existing google-cloud-sdk directory and then extract the archive to the same location.
4. Add the gcloud CLI to your path. Run the installation script from the root of the folder you extracted to using the following command:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh

   This can also be done non-interactively (for example, using a script) and by providing preferences as flags. To view the available flags, run:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --help

   Optional:
   • To send anonymous usage statistics to help improve the gcloud CLI, answer Y when prompted.
   • To add the gcloud CLI to your PATH and enable command completion, answer Y when prompted.
5. Open a new terminal so that the changes take effect.
6. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run gcloud init:

./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init

7. Optional: Install additional components using the component manager.

Debian/Ubuntu

Note: Depending on your setup, you can choose other installation methods:

• If you want gcloud to automatically update to the latest version and you're running a modern Ubuntu release that uses the Snap Package Manager, you can install the Google Cloud CLI as a snap package.
• If you're using an instance on Compute Engine, the gcloud CLI is installed by default on a number of OS images. See OS details for a full list.

Package contents

The gcloud CLI 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 doesn't 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.

Before you begin

Before you install the gcloud CLI, make sure that your operating system meets the following requirements:

• It is an Ubuntu release that hasn't reached end-of-life or a Debian stable release that hasn't reached end-of-life
• It has recently updated its packages:

  sudo apt-get update

• It has apt-transport-https and curl installed:

  sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg curl

Installation

1. Import the Google Cloud public key.

   • For newer distributions (Debian 9+ or Ubuntu 18.04+) run the following command:

     curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg

   • For older distributions, run the following command:

     curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add -

   • If your distribution's apt-key command doesn't support the --keyring argument, run the following command:

     curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

   • If you can't get latest updates due to an expired key, obtain the latest apt-get.gpg key file.

2. Add the gcloud CLI distribution URI as a package source.
   • For newer distributions (Debian 9+ or Ubuntu 18.04+), run the following command:

     echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list

   • For older distributions that don't support the signed-by option, run the following command:

     echo "deb https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list

   Note: Make sure you don't have duplicate entries for the cloud-sdk repo in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list.
3. Update and install the gcloud CLI:

   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-cloud-cli

   For additional apt-get options, such as disabling prompts or dry runs, refer to the apt-get man pages.

   Docker Tip: If installing the gcloud CLI inside a Docker image, use a single RUN step instead:

   RUN echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list && curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg && apt-get update -y && apt-get install google-cloud-cli -y
       

   For older base images that do not support the gpg --dearmor command:

   RUN echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list && curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg  add - && apt-get update -y && apt-get install google-cloud-cli -y
         

4. (Optional) Install any of the following additional components:
   • google-cloud-cli
   • google-cloud-cli-anthos-auth
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-go
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-grpc
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-java
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-python
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-python-extras
   • google-cloud-cli-bigtable-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-cbt
   • google-cloud-cli-cloud-build-local
   • google-cloud-cli-cloud-run-proxy
   • google-cloud-cli-config-connector
   • google-cloud-cli-datastore-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-firestore-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
   • google-cloud-cli-kpt
   • google-cloud-cli-kubectl-oidc
   • google-cloud-cli-local-extract
   • google-cloud-cli-minikube
   • google-cloud-cli-nomos
   • google-cloud-cli-pubsub-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-skaffold
   • google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-terraform-validator
   • google-cloud-cli-tests
   • kubectl

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

   sudo apt-get install google-cloud-cli-app-engine-java

5. Run gcloud init to get started:

   gcloud init

Downgrading gcloud CLI versions

To revert to a specific version of the gcloud CLI, where VERSION is of the form 123.0.0, run the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-cloud-cli=123.0.0-0

The ten most recent releases are always available in the repo.

NOTE: For releases prior to 371.0.0, the package name is google-cloud-sdk

Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS

Note: If you're using an instance on Compute Engine, the Google Cloud CLI is installed by default on a number of OS images. See OS details for a full list.

Package contents

The gcloud CLI is available in package format for installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, and 9; Fedora 33 and 34; and CentOS 7 and 8 systems. This package contains the gcloud, gcloud alpha, gcloud beta, gsutil, and bq commands only. It doesn't include kubectl or the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using gcloud commands, which can be installed separately as described later in this section.

Installation

1. Update DNF with gcloud CLI repository information. The following sample command is for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9-compatible installation, but make sure that you update the settings as needed for your configuration:

   sudo tee -a /etc/yum.repos.d/google-cloud-sdk.repo << EOM
   [google-cloud-cli]
   name=Google Cloud CLI
   baseurl=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/cloud-sdk-el9-x86_64
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   repo_gpgcheck=0
   gpgkey=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/rpm-package-key.gpg
   EOM
   

2. If you're installing on Fedora 34 or 35, install libxcrypt-compat.x86_64.

   sudo dnf install libxcrypt-compat.x86_64

3. Install the gcloud CLI:

   sudo dnf install google-cloud-cli

Note: If you haven't moved to dnf on your system, you can run these commands using yum instead.

You can also use dnf/yum options, such as disabling prompts or dry runs, with the provided commands.

4. (Optional) Install any of the following additional components:
   • google-cloud-cli
   • google-cloud-cli-anthos-auth
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-go
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-grpc
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-java
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-python
   • google-cloud-cli-app-engine-python-extras
   • google-cloud-cli-bigtable-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-cbt
   • google-cloud-cli-cloud-build-local
   • google-cloud-cli-cloud-run-proxy
   • google-cloud-cli-config-connector
   • google-cloud-cli-datastore-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-firestore-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
   • google-cloud-cli-kpt
   • google-cloud-cli-kubectl-oidc
   • google-cloud-cli-local-extract
   • google-cloud-cli-minikube
   • google-cloud-cli-nomos
   • google-cloud-cli-pubsub-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-skaffold
   • google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator
   • google-cloud-cli-terraform-validator
   • google-cloud-cli-tests
   • kubectl

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

   sudo dnf install google-cloud-cli-app-engine-java

5. Run gcloud init to get started:

   gcloud init

Downgrading gcloud CLI versions

If you'd like to revert to a specific version of the gcloud CLI, where VERSION is of the form 123.0.0, run: sudo dnf downgrade google-cloud-cli-VERSION The ten most recent releases will always be available in the repository. NOTE: For releases prior to 371.0.0, the package name is google-cloud-sdk

macOS

1. Confirm that you have a supported version of Python:
   • To check your current Python version, run python3 -V or python -V. Supported versions are Python 3.8 to 3.12.
   • The main install script offers to install CPython's Python 3.11.
   • Otherwise, to install a supported Python version, please visit the Python.org Python Releases for macOS.
   • If you have multiple Python interpreters installed on your machine, set the CLOUDSDK_PYTHON environment variable within your shell to point to the path of your preferred interpreter.
   • For more information on how to choose and configure your Python interpreter, see gcloud topic startup.
2. Download one of the following:
   Note: To determine your machine hardware name, run uname -m from a command line.

Platform	Package	Size	SHA256 Checksum
macOS 64-bit (x86_64)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz	53.7 MB	a04a881e04b8999725a675c5f47f8ae7b1cc6ba6cb65ae4f014e2fe17f2e8c70
macOS 64-bit (ARM64, Apple M1 silicon)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz	53.7 MB	f7b7c1bc1ed540718a953a29d196205d881dd2c1e758bfc2489ea5e83204a3b8
macOS 32-bit (x86)	google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz	52.4 MB	b0dfdf14a284af3721936ea79a1d66d4189e94bd3d1bbdb31c3d963fcf1893c6

1. Extract the archive to any location on your file system (preferably your Home directory). On macOS, this can be achieved by opening the downloaded .tar.gz archive file in the preferred location.

   To replace an existing installation, remove the existing google-cloud-sdk directory and then extract the archive to the same location.

2. (Optional) Use the install script to add gcloud CLI tools to your PATH.You can also opt-in to command-completion for your shell, usage statistics collection, and install Python 3.11.

   Run the script (from the root of the folder you extracted in the last step) using this command:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh
   

   This can also be done non-interactively (for example, using a script) by providing preferences as flags. To describe the available flags, run:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --help
   

   To run the install script with screen reader mode on:

   ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --screen-reader=true
   

   Open a new terminal so that the changes take effect.
3. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run gcloud init:

./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init

4. Optional. Install additional components using the component manager.

Windows

The Google Cloud CLI works on Windows 8.1 and later and Windows Server 2012 and later.

1. Download the Google Cloud CLI installer.

   Alternatively, open a PowerShell terminal and run the following PowerShell commands:

   (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe", "$env:Temp\GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe")
   
   & $env:Temp\GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe
       

2. Launch the installer and follow the prompts. The installer is signed by Google LLC.

   If you're using a screen reader, check the Turn on screen reader mode checkbox. This option configures gcloud to use status trackers instead of unicode spinners, display progress as a percentage, and flatten tables. For more information, see the Accessibility features guide.

3. Google Cloud CLI requires Python; supported versions are Python 3.8 to 3.12. By default, the Windows version of Google Cloud CLI comes bundled with Python 3. To use Google Cloud CLI your operating system must be able to run a supported version of Python.

   The installer installs all necessary dependencies, including the needed Python version. While Google Cloud CLI installs and manages Python 3 by default, you can use an existing Python installation if necessary by unchecking the option to Install Bundled Python. See gcloud topic startup to learn how to use an existing Python installation.

4. After installation is complete, the installer gives you the option to create Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts, start the Google Cloud CLI shell, and configure the gcloud CLI. Make sure that you leave the options to start the shell and configure your installation selected. The installer starts a terminal window and runs the gcloud init command.

5. The default installation doesn't include the App Engine extensions required to deploy an application using gcloud commands. These components can be installed using the gcloud CLI component manager.

Troubleshooting tips:

• If your installation is unsuccessful due to the find command not being recognized, ensure your PATH environment variable is set to include the folder containing find. Usually, this is C:\WINDOWS\system32;.
• If you uninstalled the gcloud CLI, you must reboot your system before installing the gcloud CLI again.
• If unzipping fails, run the installer as an administrator.

Other installation options

Depending on your development needs, instead of the recommended installation, you can use an alternative method of installing the gcloud CLI:

• Using the gcloud CLI with scripts or Continuous Integration/Deployment? Download a versioned archive for a non-interactive installation of a specific version of the gcloud CLI.
• Need to run the gcloud CLI as a Docker image? Use the gcloud CLI Docker image for the latest release (or a specific version) of the gcloud CLI.
• Running Ubuntu and prefer automatic updates? Use a snap package to install the gcloud CLI.
• For Windows and macOS interactive installations, and all other use cases, run the interactive installer to install the latest release of the gcloud CLI.

Manage an installation

After you have installed the gcloud CLI, you can use commands in the gcloud components command group to manage your installation. This includes viewing installed components, adding and removing components, and upgrading to a new version or downgrading to a specific version of the gcloud CLI.

Note: If you used apt-get or yum to install the gcloud CLI, you must use use apt-get or yum to update or remove components, not gcloud components.

Earlier versions of the gcloud CLI

If you need a different version of the gcloud CLI, install the current version using the instructions that appear earlier on this page and then log in. After you are logged in, you can download earlier releases. To see the versions sorted by date, be sure to enable Sort and filter and click the Created column.

Supported Python versions

The Google Cloud CLI requires Python 3.8 to 3.12. For information on how to choose and configure your Python interpreter, see gcloud topic startup.

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