gcloudctx (gcloud context) is a tool to easily manage and switch between several gcloud project.
It is mainly based on a kubernetes bash tool named kubectx written by ahmetb. Thanks a lot for it!
gcloudctx
Usage
USAGE:
gcloudctx : list the projects
gcloudctx <NAME> : switch to project <NAME>
gcloudctx - : switch to the previous project
gcloudctx <NEW_NAME>=<NAME> : rename project <NAME> to <NEW_NAME>
gcloudctx <NEW_NAME>=. : rename current-project to <NEW_NAME>
gcloudctx -d <NAME> : delete project <NAME> ('.' for current-project)
(this command won't delete the user/cluster entry
that is used by the project)
gcloudctx -h,--help : show this message
Examples:
# Display gcloud projects $ gcloudctx project1 project2 testing-project # Switch project $ gcloudctx testing-project Activated [testing-environments]. # Switch to previous project $ gcloudctx - Activated [project1]. # Create alias for project1 $ gcloudctx production=project1 Aliased "project1" as "production". # Delete a project $ gcloudctx -d project2 Deleting project "project2"... The following configurations will be deleted: - project2 Do you want to continue (Y/n)? y Deleted [project2].
gcloudctx supports Tab completion on bash/zsh/fish shells to quickly type project names.
Installation
Linux/macOS
gcloudctx is written in Bash, so you should be able to install
it to any POSIX environment that has Bash installed.
- Download the
gcloudctxscript somewhere in yourPATHand make it executable
sudo curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ogerbron/gcloudctx/master/gcloudctx -o /usr/local/bin/gcloudctx sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gcloudctx
- Install bash/zsh/fish completion scripts (e.g. for Ubuntu, copy the scripts to
/etc/bash_completion.d/and restart your terminal)