Google Cloud Shell
Google Cloud Shell is a managed service provided by Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that offers developers and administrators a secure, interactive shell environment for managing GCP resources. Launched in 2015, Cloud Shell provides a command-line interface accessible through a web browser, equipped with a pre-authenticated Google Cloud SDK and other common development tools pre-installed. This service facilitates the execution of gcloud commands, scripting in languages like Python, and direct access to resources hosted on GCP without the need to install any software locally. It supports various development tools and Git, making it a versatile environment for development, management, and deployment tasks within GCP. Cloud Shell also offers temporary Compute Engine virtual machine instances to run these commands, providing a powerful and flexible environment to work with GCP services directly from the browser. More information can be found at https://cloud.google.com/shell.