How to use Google Cloud Shell with the new Windows Terminal

Question

I just want to SSH into my compute instances using a profile in the new Windows Terminal app.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '20 at 16:50

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This worked for me: "commandline": "cmd.exe /k \"C:/Users/**YOUR_USER**/AppData/Local/Google/Cloud SDK/cloud_env.bat\"".

Remember about escaping backslash.

answered Sep 11 '20 at 16:50

Lukasz Pojezierski

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '20 at 07:57

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Nvm, I found out you can add a commandline argument to the profiles section. For anybody else trying to figure this out:

{
       "guid": "{*add_a_guid*}",
       "name": "Google Cloud Shell",
       "commandline": "ssh -i *path_to_ssh_key* *username*@*ip_address*",
       "icon": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Cloud SDK\\cloud_platform_logo.ico",
       "hidden": false
}

You can generate a guid in PowerShell using this command:

[guid]::NewGuid()

answered Jul 17 '20 at 07:57

Shivang P Swain

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That assumes that SSH is already authenticated. But my default Google Shell is at C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Cloud SDK\cloud_env.bat"" But I cannot seem to set up that Batch file in Windows Terminal It comes up with C:\program not recognised. – user2129049 Aug 30 '20 at 13:16
@user2129049 I must say just set up SSH regularly before going about this and setting it up as a profile in the terminal. The other problem you seem to be facing stems from the fact there are spaces in the path you are providing and unless such a path is "covered in double quotes", the path is only read up to the first space. And so, C:\Program is what the path has become. Use double quotes and that'll solve that problem. – Shivang P Swain Aug 31 '20 at 05:03
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I end up using the Visual Studio example, which is also under programs File. So "commandline": "cmd.exe /k "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Cloud SDK/cloud_env.bat"", "icon": "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Cloud SDK\cloud_platform_logo.ico", Works for me in getting the Google SDK shell open under Terminal – user2129049 Sep 01 '20 at 11:17

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 30 '20 at 10:52

Easiest and neat way to do this by running Linux WSL 2 like Ubuntu, install gcloud sdk, then setup gcloud by running gcloud init and use below config in Windows Terminal:

{
  "guid": "{d8567bf5-f802-498a-899a-efedc99a2aa8}",
  "hidden": false,
  "name": "Google Cloud Shell",
  "commandline": "wsl -d Ubuntu-20.04 gcloud beta cloud-shell ssh",
  "fontFace": "Cascadia Code PL",
  "useAcrylic": true,
  "acrylicOpacity": 0.6,
  "backgroundImage": "C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\.terminal\\.gshell-icon.png",
  "icon": "C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\.terminal\\.gcloud-icon.png",
  "backgroundImageStretchMode": "none",
  "backgroundImageAlignment": "center",
  "backgroundImageOpacity": 0.5,
  "tabColor": "#1a73e8",
}

Note: In the command:

wsl -d WSL-NAME gcloud beta cloud-shell ssh, you can use any wsl like (kali-linux, alpine, openSUSE-Leap-15.2, etc. just make sure you install and setup gcloud sdk)

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 02 '21 at 03:51

It worked for me:

  {
    "guid": "{c79dfc7a-3346-4dd3-b6c0-c0107e319a95}",
    "hidden": false,
    "name": "Google Cloud",
    "commandline": "powershell.exe -NoExit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \"%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Cloud SDK\\google-cloud-sdk\\platform\\PowerShell\\GoogleCloud\\BootstrapCloudToolsForPowerShell.ps1\"",
    "icon": "%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Cloud SDK\\cloud_platform_logo.ico"
  }

How to use Google Cloud Shell with the new Windows Terminal

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