how can I download a google compute engine image

Question

How can I download a google compute engine image that was created from a snapshot of a persistent disk? There doesn\'t seem to be a direct way to do this through the console

Answer 1

As an addition to the current answer, you can it directly download a file using SSH / SCP, by adding your public key to the "SSH Keys". Then, using your own terminal :

sheryl:~ sangprabo$ scp prabowo.murti@123.456.789.012:/var/www/my-file.tar.gz . 
Enter passphrase for key '/Users/sangprabo/.ssh/id_rsa': 

I prefer that way so I don't need to create a bucket first. CMIIW.