Google Cloud Platform is Google’s solution for cloud computing. Now in this post, you will learn how to install the Google Cloud SDK on Debian 11 through a step-by-step guide.
According to Wikipedia:
The Google Cloud Platform offered by Google is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube.
Therefore, this is an enterprise-level solution provided by Google. In this case, it is useful to install the SDK on a Linux system.
Also, Cloud Platform provides the products, services, and tools to be able to design, test, and launch applications on the platform guaranteeing great scalability and security thanks to the design of the infrastructure provided by Google.
So, let’s go for it.
Install Google Cloud SDK on Debian 11
One of the most recommended ways to install is through the repositories provided by Google. So, open a terminal and make sure Debian 11 is up to date.
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
Then, install some packages needed to add the Google repository.
sudo apt install curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg
Using the curl command you need to download the GPG key from the repository. And at once we add it to the system.
curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Now add the required repository.
echo "deb https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
Refresh APT so that the newly added repository is recognized by the system.
sudo apt update
And now you can install the Google Cloud SDK on Debian 11 by running this command
sudo apt install google-cloud-sdk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-java google-cloud-sdk-app-engine-python google-cloud-sdk-pubsub-emulator google-cloud-sdk-bigtable-emulator google-cloud-sdk-datastore-emulator kubectl Recommended packages: python3-crcmod The following NEW packages will be installed: google-cloud-sdk 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. Need to get 75.8 MB of archives. After this operation, 479 MB of additional disk space will be used.
After entering the password and accepting the installation it will finish successfully.
Running the Google Cloud SDK
If you have installed the SDK on a remote server then you have to start it by running the following command
sudo gcloud init --console-only Welcome! This command will take you through the configuration of gcloud. Your current configuration has been set to: [default] You can skip diagnostics next time by using the following flag: gcloud init --skip-diagnostics Network diagnostic detects and fixes local network connection issues. Checking network connection...done. Reachability Check passed. Network diagnostic passed (1/1 checks passed). You must log in to continue. Would you like to log in (Y/n)?
This will prevent you from logging in using the web browser.
Otherwise, if you are using the SDK on a GUI computer, you can run the following command
sudo gcloud init
Then you can log in and start working with it.
Removing the Google Cloud SDK on Debian 11
If you decide not to use it anymore, you can remove it from the system to prevent it from filling up disk space.
To uninstall it, just run
sudo apt remove google-cloud-sdk
And it would be convenient to remove the repository from the system as well.
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
To finish the process, refresh APT.
sudo apt update
This way neither the repository nor the SDK will be in the system.
Conclusion
The Google Cloud SDK can open the door for you to work with Google’s technology but adapt it to your own needs. This kind of technology is very useful in many other production environments and the SDK can open the door to it.
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