How to rename existing 'named configurations' using gcloud cli in GCP?

Question

I would like to know if there is a way to rename an existing 'gcloud topic configurations' eg I would like rename 'foo' to 'bar' in the below example.

I couldn't find anything on this in the gcloud reference documents.

Answer 1

Technically, it is not possible to change the name of that configuration using the gcloud command.

However, you can change it doing this little workaround:

• Use gcloud config configurations activate [YOUR_CONFIG_NAME] to activate the configuration you wish.
• Use gcloud info --format='get(config.paths.active_config_path)' to find the directory where your configurations are stored. You will get the path of the file of that specific configuration, looking like this /tmp/tmp.XAfddVDdg/configurations/[YOUR_CONFIG_NAME]
• If you cd into the directory /tmp/tmp.XAfddVDdg/configurations/ , you will find all your configurations there. Every configuration will be named there like this config_[YOUR_CONFIG_NAME] . Modifying the part that matches the name of your configuration will successfully change its name. DO NOT delete the config_ part of the name.
• After this, is you print all the configurations using gcloud config configurations list , you will find your configuration renamed, but none will be active now. Just activate it with gcloud config configurations activate [YOUR_CONFIG_NAME] , and you will be good to go.