Python Client for Filestore
Filestore: instances are fully managed NFS file servers on Google Cloud for use with applicationsrunning on Compute Engine virtual machines (VMs) instances or Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
Quick Start
In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:
Installation
Install this library in avirtualenv using pip.virtualenv is a tool tocreate isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one ofdependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.
Withvirtualenv, it’s possible to install this library without needing systeminstall permissions, and without clashing with the installed systemdependencies.
Mac/Linux
pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env>source <your-env>/bin/activate<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-filestoreWindows
pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env><your-env>\Scripts\activate<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-filestoreNext Steps
Read theClient Library Documentation for Filestoreto see other available methods on the client.
Read theFilestore Product documentation to learnmore about the product and see How-to Guides.
View thisREADME to see the full list of CloudAPIs that we cover.
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Last updated 2025-11-13 UTC.