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GCP CLI Project Baseline

Authenticate with the GCP service account, inspect project metadata, configure defaults, enable APIs, review quotas, and create cleanup-ready tagged resources.

45 minutes
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Lab Overview

This hands-on lab walks you through the essential gcloud CLI workflows every Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer must know.

You will:

  • Authenticate using the provisioned service account and inspect the active project
  • Configure regional defaults and enable key APIs (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage)
  • Review regional and project-level quotas for compute and storage services
  • Create a Cloud Storage bucket with labels and verify the labeling
  • Clean up all resources and restore defaults

Every command is run directly through the gcloud CLI, building the muscle memory you need for the ACE exam and for day-to-day GCP administration.

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What You'll Learn

Authenticate with a GCP service account and inspect project metadata

Set default region, zone, and enable core APIs via gcloud

Review Compute Engine and Cloud Storage quotas

Create and label Cloud Storage resources using gcloud

Delete resources and verify cleanup

Prerequisites

Basic command line familiarity

Google Cloud fundamentals

Technologies Covered

gcpgcloudassociate-cloud-engineerdnsnetworking

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer course

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