- NAME
-
- gcloud beta compute instances set-name - set the name of a Compute Engine virtual machine
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud beta compute instances set-name
INSTANCE_NAME
--new-name
=NEW_NAME
[--zone
=ZONE
] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
(BETA)
lets you change the name of a virtual machine.gcloud beta compute instances set-name
- EXAMPLES
-
To change the name of
toinstance-1
:instance-2
gcloud beta compute instances set-name instance-1 --new-name=instance-2
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
INSTANCE_NAME
- Name of the instance to operate on. For details on valid instance names, refer to the criteria documented under the field 'name' at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
- REQUIRED FLAGS
-
--new-name
=NEW_NAME
- Specifies the new name of the instance.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
-
--zone
=ZONE
-
Zone of the instance to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted to
select a zone (interactive mode only).
gcloud
attempts to identify the appropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. If the zone cannot be determined,gcloud
prompts you for a selection with all available Google Cloud Platform zones.To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user 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
- 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 beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute instances set-name
gcloud alpha compute instances set-name
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Last updated 2024-05-21 UTC.