gcloud-compute
Create, run, and manage VMs on Google Cloud infrastructure. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
List Compute Engine zones
gcloud compute zones listIdentifyCreate a VM instance
gcloud compute instances create instance_nameIdentifyDisplay a VM instance's details
gcloud compute instances describe instance_nameIdentifyList all VM instances in a project
gcloud compute instances listIdentifyCreate a snapshot of a persistent disk
gcloud compute disks snapshot disk_name --snapshot-names snapshot_nameIdentifyDisplay a snapshot's details
gcloud compute snapshots describe snapshot_nameIdentifyDelete a snapshot
gcloud compute snapshots delete snapshot_nameIdentifyConnect to a VM instance using SSH
gcloud compute ssh instance_nameIdentify