How to change the project in GCP using CLI commands

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How can i change the current running project to another project in GCP  Google Cloud Platform  account using cli commands other than using gcloud init manually    gcloud projects list will list the projects running on my account  I want to change the current project to any other project from the list using a cli command

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You should actually use the project ID and not the name as the other answers imply.

Example:

gcloud projects list

PROJECT_ID              NAME                  PROJECT_NUMBER
something-staging-2587  something-staging     804012817122
something-production-24 something-production  392181605736

Then:

gcloud config set project something-staging-2587

It's also the same thing when using just the --project flag with one of the commands:

gcloud --project something-staging-2587 compute ssh my_vm

If you use the name it will silently accept it but then you'll always get connection or permission issues when trying to deploy something to the project.

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I do prefer aliases  and for things that might need multiple commands  based on your project needs  I prefer functions     Example  function switchGCPProject             gcloud config set project  Project Name             if you are using GKE use the following         gcloud config set container cluster  Cluster Name             if you are using GCE use the following         gcloud config set compute zone  Zone          gcloud config set compute region  region             if you are using GKE use the following         gcloud container clusters get-credentials  cluster name  --zone  Zone  --project  project name          export GOOGLE APPLICATION CREDENTIALS path-to-credentials json

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You can try  gcloud config set project  project id

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add this below script in    bashrc and do please replace project name projectname  with whatever the name you needed function s             array    gcloud projects list   awk  projectname   print  1             for i in  quot    array     quot  do printf  quot  s  s n quot   quot  i quot   quot   array  i   quot  done         echo -e  quot  nenter the number to switch project  c quot          read project             array   project           echo  quot project not exists quot   exit 2            printf  quot  n     Running  gcloud config set project   array   project          n n quot          eval  quot gcloud config set project   array   project    quot

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It could be that I m late to answer  but this command made me learn a lot about gcloud SDK gcloud alpha interactive It s easier to discover by yourself that you ll need gcloud config set project my-project  However  what I like about gcloud is tab complication  so if you configure your gcloud config with configurations  I know it sounds weird but run this command gcloud config configurations list  you can easily switch between your own projects that you usually work   The alias that I use is  alias gcca  quot gcloud config configurations activate quot  and it works fine with zsh gcloud plugin  EDIT  To configure one of configurations I usually do this gcloud config configurations create  CUSTOM NAME  gcloud auth login   you can also manually set gcloud config set project  gcp-project-id  gcloud config set compute zone europe-west3-c gcloud config set compute region europe-west3  You can use ENV variables too but I like when it s configured this way

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Check the available projects by running  gcloud projects list  This will give you a list of projects which you can access  To switch between projects  gcloud config set project  lt project-id gt    Also  I recommend checking the active config before making any change to gcloud config  You can do so by running  gcloud config list

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To update your existing project to another project  you can use this command line   gcloud projects update PROJECT ID --name NAME  NAME  will be the new name of your project

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gcloud config set project my-project   You may also set the environment variable  CLOUDSDK CORE PROJECT

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For what its worth if you have a more than a handful of projects  which I do  use    gcloud init  This will list all your projects and give you the option to change current project settings  add a new project configuration or switch   Pick configuration to use    1  Re-initialize this configuration  esqimo-preprod  with new settings   2  Create a new configuration   3  Switch to and re-initialize existing configuration   default    4  Switch to and re-initialize existing configuration   project 1    5  Switch to and re-initialize existing configuration   project 2  Please enter your numeric choice    It will always ask you to login and display options for different google accounts that you may have   Given that I manage multiple organisations and projects this approach lets  me to simply switch between them

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I add aliases to the  bash alaises to switch to a different project   alias switch proj1  gcloud config set project                 Here is a script to generate aliases    for all projects listed   Please update the switch proj to unique project aliases that you can remember   gcloud projects list   awk   print  alias switch proj   gcloud config set project    1

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The selected answer doesn t help if you don t know the name of projects you have added gcloud already  My flow is to list the active projects  then switch to the one I want   gcloud config configurations list  gcloud config configurations activate  NAME  where  NAME  is listed from the prior command

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Make sure you are authenticated with the correct account   gcloud auth list   account 1   account 2   Change to the project s account if not   gcloud config set account  ACCOUNT    Depending on the account  the project list will be different   gcloud projects list  - project 1 - project 2      Switch to intended project   gcloud config set project  PROJECT ID

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You can change the project using the gcloud command  gcloud config set project  lt your project name gt

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Check your project by running gcloud config list Then gcloud config set  project name

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I m posting this answer to give insights into multiple ways available for you to change the project on GCP  I will also explain when to use each of the following options     Option 1  Cloud CLI - Set Project Property on Cloud SDK on CLI  Use this option  if you want to run all Cloud CLI commands on a specific project   gcloud config set project  lt Project-ID gt    With this  the selected project on Cloud CLI will change  and the currently selected project is highlighted in yellow       Option 2  Cloud CLI - Set Project ID flag with most Commands  Use this command if you want to execute commands on multiple projects  Eg  create clusters in one project  and use the same configs to create on another project  Use the following flag for each command   --project  lt Project-ID gt      Option 3  Cloud CLI - Initialize the Configurations in CLI  This option can be used if you need separate configurations for different projects accounts  With this  you can easily switch between configurations by using the activate command  Eg  gcloud config configurations activate  lt congif-name gt    gcloud init     Option 4  Open new Cloud Shell with your preferred project  This is preferred if you don t like to work with CLI commands  Press the PLUS   button for a new tab    Next  select your preferred project

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Also  if you are using more than one project and don t want to set global project every time  you can use select project flag   For example  to connect a virtual machine  named my vm under a project named my project in Google Cloud Platform       gcloud --project my project compute ssh my vm   This way  you can work with multiple project and change between them easily by just putting project flag  You can find much more information about other GCP flags from here

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Just use the gcloud projects list to get the project you have   Get the PROJECT ID of the poject to use After that use gcloud set project --project PROJECT ID to set the project

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