Python Client for Cloud OS Config

Cloud OS Config API: OS management tools that can be used for patch management, patch compliance, and configuration management on VM instances.

• Client Library Documentation
• Product Documentation

Quick Start

In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project.
2. Enable billing for your project.
3. Enable the Cloud OS Config API.
4. Setup Authentication.

Installation

Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.

With virtualenv, it's possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies.

Mac/Linux

pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env>source <your-env>/bin/activate<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-os-config

Windows

pip install virtualenvvirtualenv <your-env><your-env>\Scripts\activate<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-os-config

Next Steps

• Read the Client Library Documentation for Cloud OS COnfig API API to see other available methods on the client.
• Read the Cloud OS Config API Product documentation to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.
• View this README to see the full list of Cloud APIs that we cover.