gcloud compute execute command remotely

Question

Currently, if I want to execute something on a VM, I copy files over like this:

gcloud compute --project  copy-files --zone  /         


        

Answer 1

Try:

$ gcloud compute ssh --zone ZONE INSTANCE -- 'cd /tmp && python some.py'

From gcloud compute ssh --help:

 [-- IMPLEMENTATION-ARGS ...]
    Flags and positionals passed to the underlying ssh implementation.

    The '--' argument must be specified between gcloud specific args on the
    left and IMPLEMENTATION-ARGS on the right. Example:

        $ gcloud compute ssh example-instance --zone us-central1-a -- -vvv \
            -L 80:%INSTANCE%:80