How to download a folder to my local PC from Google Cloud console

Question

I have a folder I want to download from Google Cloud Console using the Linux Ubuntu command terminal. I have logged in to my SSH console and so far I can only list the contents of my files as follows.

cd /var/www/html/staging

Now I want to download all the files from that staging folder.

Dorr

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Answer 1

Sorry, if I'm missing the point. Anyway, I came here seeking a way to download files from Google Cloud Console. I didn't have the ability to create an additional bucket as the thebwt suggested. But I accidently noticed that there is a button for exactly what I needed.

Seek keebab-style menu button. In the appearing dropdown you should find Download button.

Chough

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Note: If you are trying to download a big file (over 50 MB) this way will be extremely slow. Google will split this file into zillion parts ~10 kB each, and will try make a separate http request for each of the part. For big files I use scp – Clova

Answer 2

If you mean cloud shell, then I typically use the gcp storage tool suite.

In summary, I transfer from cloud shell to gcp storage, then from storage to my workstation.

1. First, have the Google cloud ask installed on your system.
2. Make a bucket to transfer it into with gsutil mb gs://MySweetBucket
3. From within cloud shell, Move the file I to the bucket. gsutil cp /path/to/file gs://MySweetBucket/
4. On your local system pull the file down. gsutil cp gs://MySweetBucket/filename

Done!

Armand

Answer 3

I use unix terminal and scp to download:

$ scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa 
    /local/destination/path.mp4 
    [email protected]:/remote/file/path.mp4

Using this way I was able to download a 4 GB file in about 5 min.

Note: For this you will need to configure an SSH key for your instance:

Clova