Multiple config for GCP Accounts

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gcloud config configurations list
# Switch Profile
gcloud config configurations activate local

### Login

# For CLI
gcloud auth login

# For code
gcloud auth application-default login 

# Check Token
gcloud auth application-default print-access-token

GCP gcloud Authentication Methods

Capability gcloud auth login gcloud auth application-default login
Primary Target The gcloud CLI itself. Code and SDKs running locally.
Ideal Use Case Running gcloud commands from terminal. Testing code locally that will eventually run on a server.
Credential Location ~/.config/gcloud/ ~/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json
SDK Accessibility ❌ No. Yes. Automatically picked up by Application Default Credentials (ADC).

Create a new config

In order to create a new profile, always use gcloud init and follow the prompts.

Add new GCP Account

In case a new GCP Account is to be added, use following to create a new configuration and initialize

gcloud config configurations create [CONFIG_NAME]

gcloud init

Select re-initialize the config just created and login as a new user and get redirected into web Browser for GCP Console login

Check all available configs

gcloud config configurations list
  • To check the GCP properties of the active user use 
      gcloud config list

alias gcpLocal='gcloud config configurations activate local'
alias gcpNitin='gcloud config configurations activate learn'
  • After Switching. change the account with the corrosponding profile 
      gcloud config set account ACCOUNT
  • If your current project is [abc] and you want to change this setting by running: 
      # View the Currently Active Project
  gcloud config get project
    
  # List All GCP Projects You Have Access To
  gcloud projects list
    
  # Switch to a Different Project within same GCloud account
  gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID
  • Check all the users and the active user will have an asterisk 
      gcloud auth list

Delete a configuration

gcloud config configurations delete <CONFIG_NAME>>

# If no account is given, it revokes the current account
gcloud auth revoke

See listings

gcloud auth list
gcloud config list
gcloud config configurations list
gcloud spanner instance-configs list

Switching to Learning profile from work profile

# if profile not initiated
gcloud init

# Create new configuration 'learn'
# login with new account
# should get a list of project after logging in
# This will also ensure that the 'learn' config is enabled and ready to be used

project name : tat-twam-asi

# Ensure that the current user is credentiated
gcloud auth application-default login

# Create Spanner Instance
gcloud spanner instances create development-nc --config=regional-us-central1 \
--description="Spanner DB Instance" --nodes=1

# Create Database
gcloud spanner databases create spanner-db --instance=development-nc

After Finishing

gcloud spanner instances delete development-nc
# if current user is to be revoked
# gcloud auth revoke
gcloud auth revoke nitin.gcp.learn@gmail.com

#Go Back to the profile that is to be used, now
gcloud config configurations activate local

#Set profile if needed
#gcloud config set account ACCOUNT

#Clean up the profile to avoid any issues
gcloud config configurations delete learn

#Ensure logging into the current profile
gcloud auth application-default login

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