Handling Multiple GCP Configs

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Create Multiple config for GCP Accounts

Inorder to create a new profile, always use gcloud init and follow the prompts. select the project, by either providing the number given or by provifing the exact project ID.

To change from one profile to another

alias gcpLocal='gcloud config configurations activate local'
alias gcpNitin='gcloud config configurations activate learn'

Check all the users and the active user will have an asterisk

gcloud auth list

After Switching. change the account with the correspoding profile

gcloud config set account ACCOUNT

Ensure that the default login is set

gcloud auth application-default login

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

Follow this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53306131/difference-between-gcloud-auth-application-default-login-and-gcloud-auth-logi

Check all the config available on the system

gcloud config configurations list

Switch to a different profile

gcloud config configurations activate [CONFIG_NAME]

Set another project within same GCloud account

gcloud config set project <PROJECT ID>

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

To check the GCP properties of the active user use

gcloud config list

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

Delete a configuration

gcloud config configurations delete <CONFIG_NAME>>

See listings

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

Switching to Learning profile from work profile

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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