This Google Cloud SDK update 222.0.0 deprecates the gcloud container builds command group, urging migration to gcloud builds. It introduces several new features, including private DNS zones, custom Airflow/image versions for Cloud Composer, and enhanced disk mounting for Compute Engine containers. A security update to gcloud iam service-accounts keys create now prevents execution if a user lacks write access to output files.

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Breaking Changes

  • The command group gcloud container builds is deprecated and will be removed on or after 2018-10-31; users should migrate to gcloud builds.

Security Updates

  • Modified gcloud iam service-accounts keys create to prevent execution if the user lacks write access to the specified output file, enhancing security by ensuring proper key storage. [MEDIUM]

New Features by Service

Cloud Composer

  • Added mutually exclusive flags gcloud beta composer environments create --airflow-version and gcloud beta composer environments create --image-version to specify Apache Airflow or image versions for new environments.
    • Flags: --airflow-version, --image-version

Cloud DNS

  • Added support for private zones to gcloud beta dns managed-zones with new flags gcloud beta dns managed-zones --visibility and gcloud beta dns managed-zones --networks.
    • Flags: --visibility, --networks

Cloud SQL

  • Added the --port flag to gcloud beta sql connect for connecting to the Cloud SQL Proxy via a custom port.
    • Flags: --port

Compute Engine

  • Promoted --container-mount-disk-* flags for gcloud compute instances create-with-container and gcloud compute instances update-container to beta, enabling disk mounting to containers on VMs.
    • Flags: --container-mount-disk-*

Firebase Test Lab

  • Promoted the gcloud firebase test ios command group to General Availability (GA).

API Changes

Cloud SQL

  • Updated gcloud beta sql connect to use the Cloud SQL Proxy Component for connecting to V2 instances.

Stats

  • Files changed: 147
  • Inserted lines: +9,499
  • Deleted lines: -1,139

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