Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines with Cloud SDK
A second way to create and configure VMs is with Google Cloud SDK, which provides a command-line interface. To use Cloud SDK, you will first need to install it on your local device.
Installing Cloud SDK
You have three options for interacting with Google Cloud resources:
- Using a command-line interface
- Using a RESTful interface
- Using the Cloud Shell
Before using either of the first two options from your local system, you will need to install Cloud SDK on your machine. Cloud Console is a graphical user interface you can access through a browser at https://console.cloud.google.com.
Cloud SDK can be installed on Linux, Windows, or Mac computers.
Installing Cloud SDK on Linux
If you are using Linux, you can install Cloud SDK using your operating system’s package manager. Ubuntu and other Debian distributions use apt-get to install packages. Red Hat Enterprise, CentOS, and other Linux distributions use yum. For instructions...
