gcloudctx

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.

1. Download the gcloudctx script somewhere in your PATH and 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

2. Install bash/zsh/fish completion scripts (e.g. for Ubuntu, copy the scripts to /etc/bash_completion.d/ and restart your terminal)