- NAME
-
- gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots describe - describe a Compute Engine instant snapshot
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots describe
INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME
[--region
=REGION
|--zone
=ZONE
] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
(ALPHA)
gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots describe
displays all data associated with a Compute Engine instant snapshot in a project. - EXAMPLES
-
To describe the instant snapshot 'instant-snapshot-1' in zone 'us-east1-a', run:
gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots describe instant-snapshot-1 --zone=us-east1-a
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME
- Name of the instant snapshot to describe.
- FLAGS
-
-
At most one of these can be specified:
--region
=REGION
-
Region of the instant snapshot to describe. If not specified, you might be
prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/region
gcloud config set compute/region REGION
A list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions list
To unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/region
Alternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION
--zone
=ZONE
-
Zone of the instant snapshot to describe. If not specified and the
property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).compute/zone
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/zone
gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE
A list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones list
To unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zone
Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
-
At most one of these can be specified:
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
-
These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file
,--account
,--billing-project
,--configuration
,--flags-file
,--flatten
,--format
,--help
,--impersonate-service-account
,--log-http
,--project
,--quiet
,--trace-token
,--user-output-enabled
,--verbosity
.Run
$ gcloud help
for details. - NOTES
-
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud compute instant-snapshots describe
gcloud beta compute instant-snapshots describe
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Last updated 2024-05-21 UTC.