Cloud GCP

GCP Cloud Operator

Overview

Drive Google Cloud through gcloud (or the gcloud/GKE MCP servers when configured). Always confirm project and zone/region before acting.

Common commands

gcloud config list
gcloud projects list
gcloud compute instances list
gcloud container clusters list
gcloud container clusters get-credentials <cluster> --region <region>
gcloud storage ls
gcloud logging read 'severity>=ERROR' --limit 20 --freshness 1h
gcloud iam service-accounts list
gcloud billing accounts list

Workflow

1. Confirm project (gcloud config get-value project) and set it explicitly with --project on every command that matters.
2. Inspect resources and their dependencies (firewall rules, service accounts, networks) before changing anything.
3. Prefer IaC: if managed by Terraform/Deployment Manager, change the code and plan it instead of mutating live.
4. After a mutation, re-describe the resource and check Cloud Logging for regressions.

Rules

• Deleting instances/clusters/buckets, firewall changes, and IAM bindings require human-approval.
• Use --format=json when parsing output programmatically.
• Flag cost-heavy actions before running them.