Your project has all its Compute Engine resources in the europe-west1 region. You want to set europe-west1 as the default region for gcloud commands. What should you do?

The correct answer is B. Use "gcloud config set compute/region europe-west1" to set the default region for future gcloud. A is not correct because Cloud Shell will not default to the location that it's launched from. B is correct because this will ensure that the relevant region is used when not overwritten by a command parameter. C is not correct because this command should be used to set a zone…

Submitted by marco_it· Mar 30, 2026Setting up a cloud solution environment

Question

Your project has all its Compute Engine resources in the europe-west1 region. You want to set europe-west1 as the default region for gcloud commands. What should you do?

Options

AUse Cloud Shell instead of the command line interface of your device. Launch Cloud Shell after
BUse "gcloud config set compute/region europe-west1" to set the default region for future gcloud
CUse "gcloud config set compute/zone europe-west1" to set the default region for future gcloud
DCreate a VPN from on-premises to a subnet in europe-west1, and use that connection when

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A
2% (1)
B
92% (56)
C
5% (3)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

A is not correct because Cloud Shell will not default to the location that it's launched from. B is correct because this will ensure that the relevant region is used when not overwritten by a command parameter. C is not correct because this command should be used to set a zone, not a region. D is not correct because a VPN to a specific subnet does not have any effect on the gcloud https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/changing-default-zone-region

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#gcloud config#default region#CLI configuration#Compute Engine

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