
Before you begin
- Labs create a Google Cloud project and resources for a fixed time
- Labs have a time limit and no pause feature. If you restart it, you'll have to start from the beginning.
- On the top left of your screen, click Start lab to begin
Set up a VM to use
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Initialize the SDK in your instance
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In this lab you will learn how to install Cloud SDK to a virtual machine, initialize it and run core gcloud
commands from the command-line. The Cloud SDK RPM packages are supported for Red Hat Enterprise Level 7 and CentOS 7.
Read these instructions. Labs are timed and you cannot pause them. The timer, which starts when you click Start Lab, shows how long Google Cloud resources are made available to you.
This hands-on lab lets you do the lab activities in a real cloud environment, not in a simulation or demo environment. It does so by giving you new, temporary credentials you use to sign in and access Google Cloud for the duration of the lab.
To complete this lab, you need:
Click the Start Lab button. If you need to pay for the lab, a dialog opens for you to select your payment method. On the left is the Lab Details pane with the following:
Click Open Google Cloud console (or right-click and select Open Link in Incognito Window if you are running the Chrome browser).
The lab spins up resources, and then opens another tab that shows the Sign in page.
Tip: Arrange the tabs in separate windows, side-by-side.
If necessary, copy the Username below and paste it into the Sign in dialog.
You can also find the Username in the Lab Details pane.
Click Next.
Copy the Password below and paste it into the Welcome dialog.
You can also find the Password in the Lab Details pane.
Click Next.
Click through the subsequent pages:
After a few moments, the Google Cloud console opens in this tab.
Cloud Shell is a virtual machine that is loaded with development tools. It offers a persistent 5GB home directory and runs on the Google Cloud. Cloud Shell provides command-line access to your Google Cloud resources.
Click Activate Cloud Shell at the top of the Google Cloud console.
Click through the following windows:
When you are connected, you are already authenticated, and the project is set to your Project_ID,
gcloud
is the command-line tool for Google Cloud. It comes pre-installed on Cloud Shell and supports tab-completion.
Output:
Output:
gcloud
, in Google Cloud, refer to the gcloud CLI overview guide.
Set the project region for this lab:
Create a VM with either Centos or Redhat. You can choose which one to use, the steps will be the same.
In the Machine configuration.
Select the following values:
Click OS and storage.
Click Change to begin configuring your boot disk and select the following values:
CentOS
CentOS Stream 9
Click Select.
Click Networking.
Click Create.
Click Check my progress to verify the objective.
Now you're ready to set this instance up with Cloud SDK.
The Cloud SDK RPM packages are supported for Red Hat Enterprise Level 7 and CentOS Stream 9. They may also work on Fedora systems using yum or dnf, but this has not been tested.
Use the gcloud init
command to perform several common SDK setup tasks. These include authorizing the SDK tools to access Google Cloud using your user account credentials and setting up the default SDK configuration.
This prevents the gcloud init
command from launching a web browser. Choose option 2, to Sign in with a new account.
You will get confirmation that you're running on a virtual machine.
You'll be given a long URL click on it or paste it into a new browser.
This URL will give you your authentication code.
Copy the code and paste it into the SSH window at the command prompt, then press Enter.
Now type the number corresponding to your Project ID.
You will see a confirmation that you have completed the setup steps successfully that will look like this:
Click Check my progress to verify the objective.
Run these gcloud
commands to view information about your SDK installation.
A list of credentialed accounts displays:
The list of properties will display:
The summary includes information about:
gcloud
commands and other topics from the command line by running the following:Press Enter or the spacebar to scroll down the Help content.
Press q to exit Help.
In Help you can specify a command. For example, the help for gcloud compute instances create
would be this:
You'll see a help topic that contains a description of the command, a list of command flags and arguments, and examples of how to use it.
You have learned how to install Cloud SDK to a virtual Red Hat or CentOS machine, initialized it, and ran core gcloud
commands from the command-line.
This lab is also part of a series of labs called Qwik Starts. These labs are designed to give you a little taste of the many features available with Google Cloud. Search for "Qwik Starts" in the lab catalog to find the next lab you'd like to take!
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Manual Last Updated: December 11, 2024
Lab Last Tested: October 21, 2024
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