Read secret payload

Print latest Secret Manager version to stdout; pin a version in CI for repeatability

gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=<name> --project <id>
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gcloud8 commands
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gcloudsecretscicloud

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  • Storage rsync to bucket
    gcloud storage rsync -r -d ./build gs://<name>/site

    Mirror dir to GCS; -d deletes extras, modern replacement for gsutil rsync

  • Activate service account
    gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=key.json && gcloud config set project <id>

    Auth as SA in CI; note: prefer workload identity over long-lived key files

  • GKE kubeconfig credentials
    gcloud container clusters get-credentials <cluster> --region <id> --project <id>

    Fetch GKE kubeconfig; modern: needs gke-gcloud-auth-plugin in PATH since k8s 1.26

  • List instances with external IP
    gcloud compute instances list --format="table(name,status,EXTERNAL_IP)" --filter="status=RUNNING"

    Custom table of running VMs and public IPs via --format/--filter projections

  • Flatten IAM bindings by member
    gcloud projects get-iam-policy <id> --flatten="bindings[].members" --format="table(bindings.role,bindings.members)"

    Audit who has which role; --flatten explodes nested bindings into rows

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