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GCP Backup Instance

Here’s the script to backup GCP disks.

#!/bin/bash
now=$(date +%s)
disks=$(gcloud compute disks list --project project-id --filter="users:instance" --format="value(name)")
for disk in $disks
do
  gcloud compute disks snapshot $disk \
  --snapshot-names=$disk-$now \
  --zone=us-central1-a \
  --project=project-id \
  --async
done

GCP Project Quotas

Here’s how to get your project quotas in GCP.

gcloud compute project-info describe --project your-project-id

GCP Regional Quotas

Here’s how to get Regional Quotas for your project in GCP.

gcloud compute regions describe us-central1 --project your-project-id

GCP Windows Password Reset

Instead of the GCP Console, you can reset Windows Server password via gcloud.

gcloud compute reset-windows-password server-name \
--zone us-central1-a \
--project project-id

Username and password will generated.

Google SDK SSH Mac Terminal

I’m having trouble logging in using Google SDK Compute SSH on a Mac Terminal.

Here’s the fix.

gcloud compute ssh USERNAME@SERVER --zone ZONE --project PROJECTID --internal-ip 2>&1

There was an issue with a redirect to another shell.

GCP Compute Startup Script

How to add startup and shutdown scripts on GCP Compute Engine.

Startup Script

gcloud compute instances add-metadata servername \
--project project-id \
--zone us-central1-c \
--metadata=startup-script='#! /bin/bash
sudo -i
echo "Time: $(date)" >> /tmp/date.txt'

Shutdown Script

gcloud compute instances add-metadata servername \
--project project-id \
--zone us-central1-c \
--metadata=shutdown-script='#! /bin/bash
# Shuts down Apache server
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop'