# Cheatsheet

A quick reference guide to common commands to get things done.

# Google Cloud Platform

# VM Instances

• gcloud compute instances start (opens new window): Start instance
• gcloud compute instances stop (opens new window): Stop instance
• gcloud compute instances list (opens new window): List instances
• gcloud compute disks snapshot (opens new window): Create snapshot of persistent disks.
• gcloud compute snapshots list (opens new window): List snapshots
• gcloud compute snapshots describe (opens new window): Display a snapshot's details.
• gcloud compute ssh (opens new window): Connect to a VM instance by using SSH
• ssh [-i identity_file] [-L local_socket:host:hostport] [-l login_name]: Connect to a VM instance by using Bash SSH