- NAME
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- gcloud compute instances set-name - set the name of a Compute Engine virtual machine
 
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instances set-nameINSTANCE_NAME--new-name=NEW_NAME[--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute instances set-name
- EXAMPLES
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To change the name of instance-1instance-2gcloud compute instances set-name instance-1 --new-name=instance-2
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- 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
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- --new-name=- NEW_NAME
- Specifies the new name of the instance.
 
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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- --zone=- ZONE
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Zone of the instance to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted to
select a zone (interactive mode only). gcloudattempts to identify the appropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. If the zone cannot be determined,gcloudprompts you for a selection with all available Google Cloud Platform zones.To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user can set the compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running: gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run: gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
 
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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 helpfor details.
- NOTES
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute instances set-namegcloud beta compute instances set-name
      gcloud compute instances set-name
  
  
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.