!!! Overview [{$pagename}] is a ephemeral [Virtual Machine] comes pre-installed with the [Google Cloud SDK] and other popular developer tools. [{$pagename}] provides a 5 [GB] home directory will persist across sessions, but the [Virtual Machine] is ephemeral and will be reset approximately 20 minutes after your session ends. No system-wide change will persist beyond that. Type "gcloud help" to get help on using Cloud SDK. For more examples, visit https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs/quickstart and https://cloud.google.com/shell/docs/examples !! Category %%category [Google Cloud Platform]%% !! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }] ---- * [#1] - [Google Cloud Shell|https://cloud.google.com/shell|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-08-09-