Re: Need Help With Emacs Tramp Mode For 'gcloud compute ssh'

["Samuel Banya" <sbanya@fastmail.com>]

Hello Michael,

I am currently using the latest Emacs Version 27.2.

This is specifically for my work Macbook running MacOSX Big Sur (latest).

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, at 11:41 AM, Michael Albinus wrote:
> "Samuel Banya" <sbanya@fastmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hello there,
> 
> Hi Samuel,
> 
> > I have looked high and low on the internet, and can't find a decent answer on how to utilize Tramp Mode for 'gcloud compute ssh'.
> 
> Which Emacs/Tramp version are you using?
> 
> >     (add-to-list 'tramp-methods
> > '("gcssh"
> >    (tramp-login-program "gcloud compute ssh")
> 
> This must be exactly the program name. "gcloud" I guess. "compute" and
> "ssh" must be part of tramp-login-args.
> 
> >    (tramp-login-args (("%h --project example-project example-project-cli")))
> 
> "%h" must be an element of its own. Somethging like
> 
>     (tramp-login-args (("compute ssh") ("%h") ("--project example-project example-project-cli")))
> 
> >    (tramp-gw-args (("-o" "GlobalKnownHostsFile=/dev/null")
> >    ("-o" "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null")
> >    ("-o" "StrictHostKeyChecking=no")))
> 
> tramp-gw-args do not exists for years. Likely, you don't need them.
> 
> When you have adapted your config, set also tramp-verbose to 6. Run the
> test. If it fails, there will be a Tramp debug buffer, which tells
> more. In case you need help to analyze, show it here.
> 
> Best regards, Michael.
>