Snippet 1: Setting up the Python Environment

Creates a Python 3.11 virtual environment named venv in the current directory.

python3.11 -m venv venv

Activates the created virtual environment for the current shell session.

Commands like python and pip will now use the versions inside venv.

source venv/bin/activate

Installs the Python packages listed in the requirements.txt file

into the active virtual environment using pip.

pip install -r requirements.txt

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Snippet 2: Configuring the Google Cloud SDK (gcloud)

Authenticates the gcloud command-line tool using a service account.

It uses the specified JSON key file for credentials.

gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/home/randy/Projekte/privat/randy-gupta-workspace/terraform/randy-gupta-workspace-beae37726ae2.json

Sets the default Google Cloud project for subsequent gcloud commands

to randy-gupta-workspace.

gcloud config set project randy-gupta-workspace

Sets the project to be used for billing and API quota checks

to randy-gupta-workspace.

gcloud config set billing/quota_project randy-gupta-workspace

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Snippet 3: Setting Environment Variables for Google Cloud Authentication

Sets the GOOGLE_CLOUD_QUOTA_PROJECT environment variable.

This tells Google Cloud services which project's quotas to use.

export GOOGLE_CLOUD_QUOTA_PROJECT="randy-gupta-workspace"

Sets the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.

This points Google Cloud client libraries (used by applications)

to the service account key file for authentication.

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/home/randy/Projekte/gdg/vertex-ai/randy-gupta-workspace-7cef62db77ad.json"