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ram4189
ram4189

Reputation: 21

copy files from one linux VM instance to other in the same project on google cloud platform

I am new to google cloud. I have seen the similar question but I couldn't understand the answer. It will be great if someone could give easy instruction to tackle this problem. I have two linux VM instances under same project on google cloud. I want to copy files from one VM to other VM.

I tried copy-files command. It threw error "deprecated, use scp instead" I tried "gcloud compute scp user@vm2_instance_name:vm2_instance_file_path"

other answers say use "service account". I read about them and created one and created key as well in .json format but not sure what to do after that. Appreciate any suggestions.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 676

Answers (3)

marian.vladoi
marian.vladoi

Reputation: 8074

This is the solution that worked for me:

1. gcloud compute instances list 
   NAME            ZONE            MACHINE_TYPE   PREEMPTIBLE  
   INTERNAL_IP    EXTERNAL_IP     STATUS
   instance-1      us-central1-a   n2-standard-8               
   10.128.0.60    34.66.177.187   RUNNING
   instance-2      us-central1-a   n1-standard-1               
   10.128.15.192  34.69.216.153   STAGING

2. gcloud compute ssh instance-1 --zone=us-central1-a 

3. user@instance-1:~$ ls
   myfile

4. usernstance-1:~$ gcloud compute scp myfile user@instance-2:myfile

5. gcloud compute ssh instance-2 --zone=us-central1-a 

6. user@instance-2:~$ ls
   myfile

Upvotes: 0

guillaume blaquiere
guillaume blaquiere

Reputation: 76018

If you are in one instance, don't worry about Google Cloud. Simply perform a scp to copy file from VM to another one.

If you don't have customize users on the VM, you can omit it

scp <my local file path> <vm name>:<destination path>

About service account, if your VM are in Google Cloud, they have the compute engine service account by default <projectNumber>[email protected]

You can customize this service account if you want. This service account is mandatory to identify the VM which perform API call or gcloud command

Upvotes: 1

JKleinne
JKleinne

Reputation: 1310

Google's documentation addresses this. Personally, I have always preferred using gcloud compute scp as it provides both a simplistic way of performing transfers while not necessarily taking away any of the complexities and features that other transferring options provide.

In any case, in the documentation provided you will most likely find the method that are more in-line with what you want.

Upvotes: 0

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