Specify account for single gsutil call

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I want to be able to perform simultaneous gsutil calls against Google Cloud Storage, using different accounts.

For that purpose, I'd like to know if there is a way to specify a Google Cloud account for a single gsutil call, i.e. something similar to gcloud's --account option:

> gcloud --account $account_1 $command_1
> gcloud --account $account_2 $command_2

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '21 at 16:36

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There exists gcloud alpha storage which has some of gsutil's functionality and supports the --account flag.

answered Oct 28 '21 at 16:36

dspeyer

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '18 at 12:49

I am not sure if gsutil supports account name and credentials files as an argument but the closest solution I can come up with is activating an account, and if successfuly making a gsutil call -

gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=project1.json && gsutil ls gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=project2.json && gsutil ls

You can also setup multiple accounts in a config file and switch between accounts - this link might help - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14409499/how-can-i-use-gsutil-with-multiple-accounts

I see what you mean, that's a good idea :) . I upvoted, but Imma not accept your answer though, in case someone comes up with something better — Elouan Keryell-Even, Nov 05 '18 at 08:28

Specify account for single gsutil call

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