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Expand Up @@ -21,18 +21,28 @@ Before you begin, ensure you have the following:
* IAM Permissions
* Monitoring Viewer (`roles/monitoring.viewer`)

## Installation
## Getting Started

### Installation

To install the extension, use the command:

```bash
gemini extensions install https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/cloud-sql-sqlserver-observability
```

## Configuration
### Configuration

Ensure [Application Default Credentials](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/gcloud) are available in your environment.

### Start Gemini CLI

To start the Gemini CLI, use the following command:

```bash
gemini
```

## Usage Examples

Interact with Cloud Monitoring metrics using natural language right from your IDE:
Expand All @@ -49,9 +59,13 @@ Interact with Cloud Monitoring metrics using natural language right from your ID

## Additional Extensions

Find additional extensions to support your entire software development lifecycle at [github.com/gemini-cli-extensions](https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions).
Find additional extensions to support your entire software development lifecycle at [github.com/gemini-cli-extensions](https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions), including:
* [Generic SQL Server extension](https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/sql-server)
* [Cloud SQL for SQL Server extension](https://github.com/gemini-cli-extensions/cloud-sql-sqlserver)
* and more!

## Troubleshooting

* "cannot execute binary file": Ensure the correct binary for your OS/Architecture has been downloaded. See [Installing the server](https://googleapis.github.io/genai-toolbox/getting-started/introduction/#installing-the-server) for more information.

* "✖ Error during discovery for server: MCP error -32000: Connection closed": The database connection has not been established. Ensure your configuration is set via environment variables.
* "✖ MCP ERROR: Error: spawn /Users/<USER>/.gemini/extensions/cloud-sql-sqlserver-observability/toolbox ENOENT": The Toolbox binary did not download correctly. Ensure you are using Gemini CLI v0.6.0+.
* "cannot execute binary file": The Toolbox binary did not download correctly. Ensure the correct binary for your OS/Architecture has been downloaded. See [Installing the server](https://googleapis.github.io/genai-toolbox/getting-started/introduction/#installing-the-server) for more information.