How to Share GCP Images with Other Users and Projects

Last updated on August 9, 2019

We always can share Compute Engine images, snapshots, and disks with other users outside of your project or organization. Basically users with read access to those resources can use them to complete operations in other projects and organizations. For example, if you grant a user read access to an image or snapshot in your project, they can use those resources to create persistent disks in their own projects.

Here is detailed steps how to share GCP (Google Cloud Platform) compute engine image cross user accounts and projects.

1. Log into your GCP

2. Create a new image from Compute Engine ‘s images menu

3. Share Project with other users in IAM

4. Accept Google Developers Console project invitation

5. Confirm project and image in another GCP account and activate Google Cloud Share.

6. Use Google Cloud Share command to copy image from one project to another project

Note: Use project_id in the command , not project name.

[email protected]:~$ gcloud compute images list --project macro-key-14516
NAME
PROJECT
FAMILY
DEPRECATED
STATUS
centos-6-v20180716
centos-cloud
centos-6
READY
centos-7-v20180716
centos-cloud
centos-7
READY

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sql-2017-express-windows-2016-dc-v20180710
windows-sql-cloud
sql-exp-2017-win-2016
READY
sql-2017-standard-windows-2016-dc-v20180710
windows-sql-cloud
sql-std-2017-win-2016
READY
sql-2017-web-windows-2016-dc-v20180710
windows-sql-cloud
sql-web-2017-win-2016
READY
[email protected]:~$ gcloud projects list
PROJECT_ID
NAME
PROJECT_NUMBER
macro-key-14516
51Sec-GCP-1
1080804179409
sec-2-21000
51sec2
335678927754
[email protected]:~$ gcloud compute --project=sec-2-21000 images create image-2 --source-image=image-1-51sec-original --source-image-project=macro-key-14516
Created [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/sec-2-213000/global/images/image-2].
NAME
PROJECT
FAMILY
DEPRECATED
STATUS
image-2
sec-2-21000
READY
[email protected]:~$

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