Is there a way to execute commands remotely using gcloud compute ssh utility

Question

I know it is possible to execute commands remotely using ssh (in a file) like so;

#!/bin/sh

ssh ${USER}@${SERVER_IP} <<EOF
 cd ${PROJECT_PATH}
 git pull
 exit
EOF

my question is this: it possible to do the same with gcloud compute ssh? I mean;

gcloud compute ssh vm-internal --zone us-central1-c --tunnel-through-iap << EOF
...
...
EOF

PS: The instance is private with no external IP hence the use of iap

Answer 1

As long as you can ssh onto the instance, you should be able to:

gcloud compute ssh .... --command="bash -s" <<EOF
echo "Hello Freddie"
ls -l
EOF

You can test this (thanks to gcloud consistency using Cloud Shell):

gcloud alpha cloud-shell ssh --command="bash -s" <<EOF
echo "Hello Freddie"
ls
EOF

NOTE you may not need the -s but I think it's preferred

Yields:

Automatic authentication with GCP CLI tools in Cloud Shell is disabled. To enable, please rerun command with `--authorize-session` flag.
Hello Freddie
Projects
README-cloudshell.txt -> /google/devshell/README-cloudshell.txt
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