If not done already, configure Google Cloud CLI.
Instructions below assume DEB based distro like Debian or Ubuntu.
Instructions from Google Cloud SDK Docs
Pre-requisities to install Google CLI (skip if already done)
Add GPG key,
curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg
Create .deb,
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
Install Google Cloud CLI,
sudo apt update && sudo apt install google-cloud-cli
Initialize connection,
gcloud init
Log in using Google account,
gcloud auth login
Set default project (optional),
gcloud config set project PROJECT
Get list of projects,
gcloud projects list
List all VMs in project,
gcloud compute instances list --project PROJECT
Use grep to find a specifc VM
gcloud compute instances list --project PROJECT | grep HOSTNAME
List all VMs in project w/ partial matching,
gcloud compute instances list --project $(gcloud projects list | grep PROJECT | awk '{print $1}')
This can have problems if there are similarly named projects ex.
project1-qat
project1-staging
project1-production
This can be alleviated with arrays and such if desired, but is better suited for a script than a one liner.
Connect to Linux server via SSH using gcloud,
gcloud compute ssh SERVER --zone ZONE --project PROJECT --tunnel-through-iap
Output Google Cloud Serial Console logs:
gcloud compute instances tail-serial-port-output SERVER --zone ZONE --project PROJECT
Similar to viewing server syslog/messages. Very useful if a server is non-responsive to SSH.
Stop/Start server,
gcloud compute instances stop SERVER --zone ZONE --project PROJECT
gcloud compute instances start SERVER --zone ZONE --project PROJECT
View disks in project,
gcloud compute disks list --project PROJECT
Use grep to search for a specific disk like a hostname,
gcloud compute disks list --project PROJECT | grep CRITERIA
View snapshot policies for disks,
gcloud compute disks list --project PROJECT --format text | grep -E 'name|resourcePolicies'