notes on packer-terraform-gcloud

notes on packer-terraform-gcloud

# status of various google services
https://status.cloud.google.com

# configurations, cf # cf https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35744901/how-to-change-the-active-configuration-profile-in-gcloud
#
# list known configurations:
gcloud config configurations list
#
# switch to a config:
gcloud config configurations activate MY_OLD_CONFIG
#
# shows account and project:
gcloud config list

# list gcloud accts
gcloud auth list

# gcloud login w/ service account instead of browser roundtrip:
gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file $GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS

# switch configs (nb: all shells - apparently can't have two shells w/diff configs):
gcloud init

# list projects available to this account:
gcloud projects list

# log in to vagrant machine:
ssh -i .vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/private_key ubuntu@127.0.0.1 -p 2222
# or just:
vagrant ssh

# service account login without browser:
gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file my-sa-credentials.json

# ? show GCE permissions from w/in an instance:
curl -H 'Metadata-Flavor: Google' http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/scopes

# Nice Terraform example: http://container-solutions.com/simple-gce-setup-terraform/