gcloud init - initialize or reinitialize gcloud

gcloud init[--no-browser][--console-only,--no-launch-browser][--skip-diagnostics][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

• Authorizes gcloud and other SDK tools to access Google Cloud using your useraccount credentials, or from an account of your choosing whose credentials arealready available.
• Sets up a new or existing configuration.
• Sets properties in that configuration, including the current project andoptionally, the default Google Compute Engine region and zone you'd like to use.

gcloud init can be used for initial setup of gcloud and to create new orreinitialize gcloud configurations. More information about configurations can befound by runninggcloud topicconfigurations.

Properties set by gcloud init are local and persistent, and are not affected byremote changes to the project. For example, the default Compute Engine zone inyour configuration remains stable, even if you or another user changes theproject-level default zone in the Cloud Platform Console.

To sync the configuration, re-rungcloud init.

gcloudinit

To launch an interactive Getting Started workflow without diagnostics, run:

gcloudinit--skip-diagnostics

--no-browser

Prevent the command from launching a browser for authorization. Use this flag ifyou are on a machine that does not have a browser but you can install the gcloudCLI on another machine with a browser.

--console-only,--no-launch-browser

Prevent the command from launching a browser for authorization. Use this flag ifyou are on a machine that does not have a browser and you cannot install thegcloud CLI on another machine with a browser.

--skip-diagnostics

Do not run diagnostics.

Run$gcloud help for details.