Can't get Compute Engine instances list

Question

I'm testing out Compute Engine and am hitting a snag. I've set up a project (jwl-project-1) and created an instance (instance-1). After authenticating with gcloud auth login, I set the project like this:

gcloud config set project jwl-project-1

And then tried to get a list of instances:

gcloud compute instances list

In return, I get this error:

ERROR: (gcloud.compute.instances.list) Some requests did not succeed:
- Invalid value for project: jwl-project-1

I basically accepted the default values for project and instances (micro-disk). What am I missing?

Answer 1

You can see all of your projects on the Google Cloud Platform Console. Use the name under the Project ID heading, not the Project Name heading.

The Project ID is a unique identifier which cannot be changed after project creation and is used everywhere to identify the project, whereas the Project Name is a human-readable name which can be changed after project creation.

Answer 2

Make sure you authenticate using oauth2 and a browser: 'gcloud auth login' Paste the link to the browser, complete the authentication and then check by 'gcloud compute instances list '

Answer 3

As the error indicates there is no project called 'jwl-project-1' under your account. Try to use your Project ID instead:

$ gcloud config set project <project-id>