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What is Google Cloud Shell?

Manage your infrastructure and applications from the command-line in any browser

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Google Cloud Shell provides users with command-line access to their cloud resources directly from their browser.


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Mani Kumar Reddy K.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Best part of using GCP as a cloud provider"
I can save all my work and access it anywhere. Sometimes I might not have access to a PC, but I can still get all my info from my phone and can sol...
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3.5 out of 5
"Good tool to manage cloud resources via command line"
- Can access many gcp providings over the shell - Seamless integration with cloud resources - Good documentation of commands available - Intuiti...
Pritesh C.
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Pritesh C.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Easy to use and follow the docs"
The glcoud command copy and paste on the shell is a convinient way to SSH into the VM. It has all the latest plugins integreated so easy to deploy ...
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Andrei V.
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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

First, it is free.

Second, while it is like ephemeral it will have a permanent ~5gb storage where the data will be intact after restarts.

Moreover, they offer the public beta that allows to customize use of the service.

The beta allows to start the shell from a custom docker image, and that feature appears to be quite awesome, but for the some corresponding issues that will be resolved soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

The beta testing program is still too raw and has issues that will be resolved later.

Folks used to report issues with being charged for some glitch that has taken place while they have been testing the beta. However, the support team did quickly respond to the issue and it has been mitigated via the return of funds, as far I know. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Shell:

I encourage you to use the service as it is free and has multiple use cases, in my opinion. As for today it got even possible to get ssh to the cloud shell by native Google tools as:

gcloud alpha cloud-shell ssh Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

1) Practical exercises with Google Cloud Platform

2) Managing GCP infrastructure from terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

Cloud Shell is a free terminal that you can use for whatever you want, and it runs 100% in a web browser. Seeing how most of my work requires the internet, I’m completely fine with being tied to a browser.

There is 5GB of persistent storage that is tied to your $HOME directory, and this is also completely free.There is 5GB of persistent storage that is tied to your $HOME directory, and this is also completely free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

Most people developing cloud apps usually run a web server of some sort. Usually, you would run it locally and just type in “localhost” into your web browser to access it.

This is not possible with Cloud Shell, so the team created a neat “web preview” function that creates a URL on the fly to point to your local server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

No longer are you tied to a local server. Google Cloud Shell allows me to work from anywhere. This also help collaborate with other team members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

The interface of google cloud is very user friendly. It is easy to use and navigate. It has a fast and reliable shell and command line. The best feature is that its easily accessible because it is linked to the users google account so no further authorization is needed. There is also good documentation and its easy to share to other users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

Sometimes starting the program can be slow and running certain commands can take some time. There have been instances where the program crashes and one has to refresh the browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Shell:

Make sure you are using a good and reliable browser when using this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

The interface is a powerful tool for data analysis, especially machine learning and tensorflow. Its also really versitile where I can access on any of my devices any time because it is linked to my google account. So I can easily directly SSH onto my computer with no problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

Google Cloud Shell is directly integrated into the Google Cloud Platform experience. It is super fast, and almost comparable to a native shell/command-line experience that you would find locally. The best part (from my experience), is that no authentication has to take place for virtual machines hosted on the Google Cloud Platform, everything is done through the user's account. It also allows you to SSH directly into servers from any browser, which is especially helpful when you want to have secure access to a cloud computing infrastructure remotely. This service requires absolutely no setup, which is always awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

The feature-set of the Google-hosted shell is quite limited. Other than setting themes and some other basic settings you would find in any terminal, there isn't much else. The Google Shell experience could improve significantly if there was a possibility of syncing user settings and environments, similar to the way competitors like iTerm, hyper.js, and other native terminals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Shell:

Setting up the Google Cloud Shell is a really simple experience that I would recommend to anyone that is looking for a web shell environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used Google Cloud Shell mostly for remote work to avoid having to set up things like SSH keys and allow Google to manage access for infrastructures like Virtual Machines. Some of our Cloud Shell users also avoided having to set up their personal environments on new machines by using Cloud Shell for work and maintenance on our backend infrastructure from the get-go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

ok so im new to this but omg!!!! i was able to do all the things on one dashboard. I mean EVERYTHING> Billing, api, marketplace. its amazing. YUpou even get 300 in frewe creddits just to sign up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

if your new like i was unless you read the guides and tutor=rials you will be lost, but other than that its the most wonderful cloud odut there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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you tottally have to try this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

All of my biss=iness is ran from the cloud now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Giovanna Desireé P.
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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

This software is very useful and practical because it allows easy and simple administration of all resources without having to install any additional tool in the system. I like Google Cloud Shell because when using it the gcloud command line tool of the Cloud SDK and its other utilities are always available to the user, updated and fully authenticated. Another of its great advantages is that it offers 5GB of continuous storage and a totally secure administration. In addition, it offers a large number of implementation and development tools for the most common programming languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

One of its disadvantages is that the code editor is sometimes quite slow and can present different flaws. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Shell:

I recommend users who want to implement Google Cloud Shell to first use the beta version so that they can become familiar with and learn how to use the software interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a highly versatile and malleable software, its most attractive benefit is that it allows access to the system from different devices. It is a very useful and practical tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

super easy to use without having to install the google cloud sdk and other tools in my system. with this, i can use the gcloud command line tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

nothing really given it allows customizable environments and in line command editors as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Shell:

absolutely recommend it - it has a lot of pre installed tools like linux shell interpreters, linux utilities, sdk google tools , text editors, build and package tools as well as source control tools like git and additional tools like python, idocker and many others like mySQL client and more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

it has a fantastic code editor which allows my team to browse file directories as well as view and edit all files. it also has 5gb of permanent disk storage, especially on a per user basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

The design of the product is very clean and sleek; it's easy to navigate and see what's where. There is admittedly a lot of information to keep track of; this would make it less friendly to an average end user, but speaking from the point of view as a developer, it's quite useful. Additionally, the use of the gcloud command line tool is very useful and I highly enjoy how easy it is to become authenticated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

The connection can be a bit slow at times; it takes up to 30 seconds occasionally for the console to load. It also initially did not support many languages, but is much improved in this aspect now. Support is usually quite quick to respond when reporting bugs with the software (even though there are many, especially in the early days). Finally, it's an ephemeral VM instance, which has its own downsides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Shell:

Keep in mind if you're already a Google Cloud Platform member, you automatically have access to the Google Cloud Shell instance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use this in the context of assisting customers with their PostgreSQL database instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

The ability to host a free website with no expenses on the free tier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

I dislike that it is so complex. I feel like there should be two interfaces, one full featured and one less complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Google Cloud Shell:

It is a good software and I'd recommend switching to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability to host a website for free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Google Cloud Shell?

Easy to get start since the feature is built into the console and console is full featured. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Shell?

No windows support and limited connectivity option to other system not in GCP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Cloud Shell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Create easy access to GCP services in an easy and secure manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.