Cloud Shell documentation

Cloud Shell is an interactive shell environment for Google Cloud that lets you learn and experiment with Google Cloud and manage your projects and resources from your web browser.

With Cloud Shell, the Google Cloud CLI and other utilities you need are pre-installed, fully authenticated, up-to-date, and always available when you need them. Cloud Shell comes with a built-in code editor with an integrated Cloud Code experience, allowing you to develop, build, debug, and deploy your cloud-based apps entirely in the cloud. You can also launch interactive tutorials, open cloned repositories, and preview web apps on a Cloud Shell virtual machine instance. Learn more

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Explore self-paced training from Google Cloud Skills Boost, use cases, reference architectures, and code samples with examples of how to use and connect Google Cloud services.

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

These lectures, demos, and hands-on labs give you an overview of Google Cloud products and services so that you can learn the value of Google Cloud and how to incorporate cloud-based solutions into your business strategies.

Codelab: Build and launch an ASP.NET Core app from Cloud Shell

Steps you through how to build and launch an ASP.NET Core app from Cloud Shell without ever leaving the browser.

Create interactive tutorials in the Cloud console

Learn about interactive tutorials by working through an actual interactive tutorial.

Codelab: Get started with Cloud Shell and the gcloud CLI

Steps you through connecting to computing resources hosted on Google Cloud using Cloud Shell command-line access. You'll learn how to use the Cloud SDK gcloud command.