---
id: google-cloud-os-config
version: "1.25.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# google-cloud-os-config — Google Cloud Os Config API client library

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 1.3M/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is the official Python client library for Google Cloud OS Config, a managed service for patch management, patch compliance, and configuration management across Google Cloud VM instances. It wraps the OS Config API, allowing developers to programmatically deploy patches, check compliance status, and manage OS configurations on compute instances without manual intervention.

The library depends on google-api-core, google-auth, grpcio, proto-plus, and protobuf to handle authentication, RPC communication, and protocol buffer serialization. It is actively maintained, supports Python 3.10 through 3.14, and carries no known security vulnerabilities. Installation is straightforward via pip with low friction.

Use it for:

- Automate patch deployment and compliance reporting across a fleet of Google Cloud VMs in production environments.
- Build custom patch management workflows that integrate OS Config with your infrastructure-as-code or CI/CD pipeline.
- Query and monitor patch compliance status for security audits and regulatory reporting.
- Programmatically configure OS settings and packages on VM instances at scale during provisioning or updates.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Python client library for Google Cloud OS Config, enabling programmatic management of patch deployment, compliance checking, and configuration on Google Cloud VM instances.

Yes. This is the official, actively maintained client library for Google Cloud OS Config with no security vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. Install it if you need to automate patch management or OS configuration on Google Cloud VMs; skip it if you manage instances exclusively through the console or Terraform.

## Install

pip install google-cloud-os-config
uv add google-cloud-os-config
poetry add google-cloud-os-config

## Installing google-cloud-os-config

Before you install: Low install friction; pure Python wheel with standard Google Cloud dependencies. Actively maintained with recent releases; last commit 2026-08-14. Supports current Python versions (3.10+).

License in practice: Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; suitable for most projects.

Quickstart:

pip install google-cloud-os-config

from google.cloud import osconfig_v1

client = osconfig_v1.OsConfigServiceClient()
# Use client methods to manage OS configurations

Requires Python >= 3.10 and valid Google Cloud authentication (service account or application default credentials).

Verify before relying:

- Specific API methods and coverage for patch management workflows beyond the general client library scope.
- Performance characteristics and rate limits for large-scale VM fleet operations.
- Integration patterns with other Google Cloud services (Compute Engine, Cloud Logging) in real deployments.

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 1.3M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

google cloud os config client, vm patch management api, cloud os configuration management, google compute patch compliance, cloud vm instance management, os config api python, google-cloud, infrastructure-management, patch-management

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