diff --git a/1-install-gcp-sdk.sh b/1-install-gcp-sdk.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Step 1 - Ensure GCP SDK is installed
+
+# To automate our interactions with Google Cloud Platform we'll use the [[https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install#deb][GCP SDK]] which provides us with a number of command line tools to interact with the platform, such as ~gcloud~, ~gsutil~ and ~kubectl~.
+
+# Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing ~, b t~ in emacs command mode:
+
+# #+NAME: Install google cloud sdk
+
+# Add the Cloud SDK distribution URI as a package source
+echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
+
+# Make sure apt-transport-https is installed
+sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg
+
+# Import the Google Cloud public key
+curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add -
+
+# Update and install the SDK
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y google-cloud-sdk
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 To automate our interactions with Google Cloud Platform we'll use the [[https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install#deb][GCP SDK]] which provides us with a number of command line tools to interact with the platform, such as ~gcloud~, ~gsutil~ and ~kubectl~.
 
-Run the shell block below to install
+Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing ~, b t~ in emacs command mode:
+
+#+NAME: Install google cloud sdk
+#+BEGIN_SRC bash :shebang #!/bin/bash :tangle 1-install-gcp-sdk.sh
+# Add the Cloud SDK distribution URI as a package source
+echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
+
+# Make sure apt-transport-https is installed
+sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg
+
+# Import the Google Cloud public key
+curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add -
+
+# Update and install the SDK
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y google-cloud-sdk
+#+END_SRC