Alias setup in Cloud Shell

Anthony Cosentino

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Oct 10, 2019, 2:50:50 PM10/10/19

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I have installed the latest version of GAM in GCP and uploaded my client_secrets.json,oauth2service.json, and oauth2.txt files into my cloud shell home directory. I can't find this .bashrc file in order to setup the alias portion. Can someone please let me know how to add this file and then update it.

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Anthony

Kevin Melillo ✉

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You will need to use the File\Open command. When you use this, it will show the hidden files. You can also just use the command-line interface with an editor to open this file... for example

nano .bashrc

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Anthony Cosentino

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Oct 10, 2019, 3:03:31 PM10/10/19

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Hey Kevin,

Thanks. I just started using Cloud Shell and really don't have much experience with it. I switched to wanting to use GAM in GCP because of the SSL Cert errors I keep getting when trying to use GAM on my Windows 10 laptop. I was able to find the .bashrc, but I have no idea what to do next. Any ideas?

Thanks man.

On Thursday, 10 October 2019 14:55:02 UTC-4, k.melillo wrote:

You will need to use the File\Open command. When you use this, it will show the hidden files. You can also just use the command-line interface with an editor to open this file... for example
nano .bashrc

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 2:50 PM Anthony Cosentino <Anthony....@cogeco.com> wrote:

I have installed the latest version of GAM in GCP and uploaded my client_secrets.json,oauth2service.json, and oauth2.txt files into my cloud shell home directory. I can't find this .bashrc file in order to setup the alias portion. Can someone please let me know how to add this file and then update it.

Thanks,
Anthony

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Kevin Melillo ✉

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My bash has this added for it to find and run GAM. I run it in the provided free Cloud Shell.

gam() { "/home/k_melillo/bin/gam/gam" "$@" ; }

You will have to change the path to point to the GAM executable, but otherwise, it should run.

Note, after you make the change and save the file, re-run the .bashrc file, or close and reopen the shell.

~/.bashrc

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 3:03 PM Anthony Cosentino <Anthony....@cogeco.com> wrote:

Hey Kevin,

Thanks. I just started using Cloud Shell and really don't have much experience with it. I switched to wanting to use GAM in GCP because of the SSL Cert errors I keep getting when trying to use GAM on my Windows 10 laptop. I was able to find the .bashrc, but I have no idea what to do next. Any ideas?

Thanks man.

On Thursday, 10 October 2019 14:55:02 UTC-4, k.melillo wrote:

You will need to use the File\Open command. When you use this, it will show the hidden files. You can also just use the command-line interface with an editor to open this file... for example
nano .bashrc

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 2:50 PM Anthony Cosentino <Anthony....@cogeco.com> wrote:

I have installed the latest version of GAM in GCP and uploaded my client_secrets.json,oauth2service.json, and oauth2.txt files into my cloud shell home directory. I can't find this .bashrc file in order to setup the alias portion. Can someone please let me know how to add this file and then update it.

Thanks,
Anthony

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Anthony Cosentino

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Oct 10, 2019, 3:29:02 PM10/10/19

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Hey Kevin,

Ya... so I have no idea what a BASH is and what it does.

I've seen this in one of the posts:

Set an appropriate alias in /home/username/.bash_aliases

Basic: alias gam=/home/username/bin/gam/gam

But I still have no idea.

Sorry dude. I'm sure you're busy and don't need this hassle. All good.

Thanks,

On Thursday, 10 October 2019 15:09:25 UTC-4, k.melillo wrote:

My bash has this added for it to find and run GAM. I run it in the provided free Cloud Shell.

gam() { "/home/k_melillo/bin/gam/gam" "$@" ; }

You will have to change the path to point to the GAM executable, but otherwise, it should run.

Note, after you make the change and save the file, re-run the .bashrc file, or close and reopen the shell.
~/.bashrc

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 3:03 PM Anthony Cosentino <Anthony....@cogeco.com> wrote:

Hey Kevin,

Thanks. I just started using Cloud Shell and really don't have much experience with it. I switched to wanting to use GAM in GCP because of the SSL Cert errors I keep getting when trying to use GAM on my Windows 10 laptop. I was able to find the .bashrc, but I have no idea what to do next. Any ideas?

Thanks man.

On Thursday, 10 October 2019 14:55:02 UTC-4, k.melillo wrote:

You will need to use the File\Open command. When you use this, it will show the hidden files. You can also just use the command-line interface with an editor to open this file... for example
nano .bashrc

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 2:50 PM Anthony Cosentino <Anthony....@cogeco.com> wrote:

I have installed the latest version of GAM in GCP and uploaded my client_secrets.json,oauth2service.json, and oauth2.txt files into my cloud shell home directory. I can't find this .bashrc file in order to setup the alias portion. Can someone please let me know how to add this file and then update it.

Thanks,
Anthony

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.bashrc is a plain text file. You will need to add the line to it so that the alias gam will run the gam commands.

gam is a command-line tool that needs to run from a shell.

You will need to connect via SSH to your cloud instance in order to take advantage of GAM.

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Anthony Cosentino

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Oct 10, 2019, 4:05:32 PM10/10/19

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Thanks for your help Kevin. Ross was able to help out.

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