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Install and setup Gcloud SDK

1. Download Gcloud SDK from this link and install it according to the instructions for your OS.
2. Initialize the SDK following these instructions.
   1. Run gcloud init from a terminal and follow the instructions.
   2. Make sure that your project is selected with the command gcloud config list

Creating a VM instance

1. From your project's dashboard, go to Cloud Compute > VM instance

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Docker

Terminology

• Container: environment that runs an applications that is not dependent on the OS. Kind of like a lightweight VM. Containers are stateless; if you need to update the components inside, create another container instead.
• Image: template to create a container. Its components are defined by a Dockerfile.
• Volume: storage area detached from the container for maintaining state.
• Foreground/interactive vs background/detached: a detached container runs in the background whereas an interactive container will usually have a terminal of some sort for interacting with.

Commands

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Python

Lists

• [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Power operator (2^5)

• 2 ** 5

Square root (power operator trick)

• 9 ** 0.5

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Conda

1. Create a virtual environment
   • conda create --name my_env_name python=3.8 or whatever Python version you may need.
2. List available envs (2 different ways
   • conda env list
   • conda info --envs
3. Activate virtual env
   • conda activate my_env_name
4. Deactivate current environment

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1. SSH with local X (any X window should be run locally rather than remotely)
   • ssh -X user@instance
2. Leave a process running even when you leave the SSH session
   • Make your script executable with chmod +x main.py
   • 2 possible instructions:
     • If console output does not matter (console output is still available in nohup.out but only if execution is finished successfully):
       • nohup python main.py &
     • If output must be saved even if you interrupt the execution:
       • (bash) nohup python -u main.py > output.log &

• (zsh) nohup python -u main.py > output.log &!

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1. Start your instance from Cgloud console
2. (Local terminal) Change to your project
   1. gcloud projects list
   2. gcloud config set project my-project
3. Create the ssh blob for easier connection
   • gcloud compute config-ssh
4. Inside ~/ssh/ a new config file should appear with the necessary info to connect. The host name should be enough to connect via SSH
   • ssh instance.zone.project
5. In VSCode, with the Remote SSH extension, use the same instruction to add the necessary info in order to log into the instance. The passphrase will be asked.

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Basic git

1. Make sure your local copy of the selected branch is updated.
   1. Without overwriting anything
      • git fetch
   2. If you already fetched or you are ready to overwrite your local copy, then pull
      • git pull
2. Check your repo branches
   1. Local branches

• git branch

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