View the number of visible CPU cores

Linux Windows

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Preview

This feature is covered by the Pre-GA Offerings Terms of the Google Cloud Terms of Service. Pre-GA features might have limited support, and changes to pre-GA features might not be compatible with other pre-GA versions. For more information, see the launch stage descriptions.

To view the number of visible CPU cores, use the gcloud CLI or the Compute Engine API.

gcloud

1. Get information about the VM by using the following gcloud beta compute instances describe command.

   gcloud compute instances describe VM_NAME \
       --zone=ZONE
   

   Replace the following:

   • VM_NAME: the name of the VM

   • ZONE: the zone that contains the VM

2. The value of visible-core-count in the output is the number of visible CPU cores.

API

1. Get information about the VM by using the following instances.get method.

   GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instances/VM_NAME
   

   Replace the following:

   • PROJECT_ID: the ID of the project

   • ZONE: the zone that contains the VM

   • VM_NAME: the name of the VM

2. The value of visibleCoreCount in the output is the number of visible CPU cores.