How to copy files from google compute engine to local directory

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I am trying to copy files from my instance to my local directory using following command

gcloud compute scp <instance-name>:~/<file-name> ~/Documents/

However, it is showing error as mentioned below

$USER/Documents/: Is a directory

ERROR: (gcloud.compute.scp) [/usr/bin/scp] exited with return code [1].

Copying from local directory to GCE works fine.

I have checked Stanford's tutorial and Google's documentation as well.

I have one another instance where there is no issue like this.

I somewhat believe it might be issue with SSH keys.

What might have gone wrong?

google-compute-engine google-cloud-platform
9 Answers

To copy files from VM to your desktop you can simply SSH into the VM and on top right corner there is a settings button, there you will find the download file option just enter the path of file.

If it is folder then first zip the folder then download it.

user_105401970

If you need to pass the information of zone, project name you may like to do as it worked for me: the instance name is the name you chose in the GCP instances.

gcloud beta compute scp --project "project_name" --zone "zone_name" instance_name:~jupyter/file_name /home/Downloads
user_37240840

I met the same problem. The point is you should run the scp command from a local terminal, rather than cloud terminal.

user_137661330

For copying file to local machine from Ubuntu vmware

For ex: you have instance by name : bhk

user_53789850

Run a basic nginx server and copy all the files in
/var/www/html (nginx serving dir)
and then from your local machine simple run
wget <vm's IP>/<your file path>

For example If my vm's IP is 1.2.3.4 and I want to copy /home/me/myFolder/myFile , then simply copy this file in /var/www/html

then run wget 1.2.3.4/myfile

user_126802120

this works for me:

gcloud compute scp --project "my-project" ./my-file.zip user@instance-1:~

--project - google cloud project name

my-file.zip - local file to send to VM

user - vm linux username

instance-1 - instance name (vm name)

~ - instance destination path

user_100253220

I use below script to upload directory from local to remote directory

gcloud compute scp --recurse myweb-app/www/* user@instant-name:/var/www/html/sub-sites/myweb-app/www/
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