Domain: Platform Foundations

Platform Foundations

GCP platform essentials from gcloud CLI structure through resource hierarchy, API and service management, authentication, named configurations, output formatting, and CLI self-discovery.

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  ((Platform Foundations))
    (CLI setup)
    (resource hierarchy)
    (APIs and services)
    (authentication)
    (configurations)
    (output formatting)
    (help and discovery)

00-gcloud-cli-setup

• Installation methods
• Initialization and gcloud init
• Component management
• Version and diagnostics
• Shell completion

01-gcp-resource-hierarchy

• Hierarchy model
• Bootstrap access
• Project metadata, labels, and liens

02-gcp-apis-and-services

• Listing APIs
• Enable and disable workflows
• Operations and common DE APIs

03-gcloud-authentication

• Authentication commands
• ADC credential search order
• Gotchas and edge cases

04-gcloud-configurations

05-gcloud-output-formatting

06-gcloud-help-and-discovery

• Getting help from the command tree
• Topic references and release tracks
• Diagnostics, interactive mode, and discovery patterns