- NAME
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- gcloud compute instances - read and manipulate Compute Engine virtual machine instances
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instances
GROUP
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[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
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- DESCRIPTION
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Read and manipulate Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
For more information about virtual machine instances, see the virtual machine instances documentation.
See also: Instances API.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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These flags are available to all commands:
--help
.Run
$ gcloud help
for details. - GROUPS
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is one of the following:GROUP
bulk
- Manipulate multiple Compute Engine virtual machines with single command executions.
network-interfaces
- Read and manipulate Compute Engine VM instance network interfaces.
ops-agents
- Manage Google Cloud Observability agents for Compute Engine VM instances.
os-inventory
- Read Compute Engine OS Inventory Data and Related Resources.
- COMMANDS
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is one of the following:COMMAND
add-access-config
- Create a Compute Engine virtual machine access configuration.
add-iam-policy-binding
- Add IAM policy binding to a Compute Engine instance.
add-labels
- Add labels to Google Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
add-metadata
- Add or update instance metadata.
add-resource-policies
- Add resource policies to Compute Engine VM instances.
- Add tags to Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
attach-disk
- Attach a disk to an instance.
create
- Create Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
create-with-container
- Creates Compute Engine virtual machine instances running container images.
delete
- Delete Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
delete-access-config
- Delete an access configuration from a virtual machine network interface.
describe
- Describe a virtual machine instance.
detach-disk
- Detach disks from Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
export
- Export a Compute Engine virtual machine instance's configuration to a file.
get-guest-attributes
- Get the Guest Attributes for a compute instance.
get-iam-policy
- Get the IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance.
get-screenshot
- Capture a screenshot (JPEG image) of the virtual machine instance's display.
get-serial-port-output
- Read output from a virtual machine instance's serial port.
get-shielded-identity
- Get the Shielded identity for a Compute Engine instance.
import
- Create Compute Engine virtual machine instances from virtual appliance in OVA/OVF format.
list
- List Compute Engine instances.
move
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(DEPRECATED)
Move an instance and its attached persistent disks between zones. perform-maintenance
- Perform maintenance of Google Compute Engine instance.
remove-iam-policy-binding
- Remove IAM policy binding from a Compute Engine instance.
remove-labels
- Remove labels from Google Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
remove-metadata
- Remove instance metadata.
remove-resource-policies
- Remove resource policies from Compute Engine VM instances.
- Remove tags from Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
reset
- Reset a virtual machine instance.
resume
- Resume a virtual machine instance.
send-diagnostic-interrupt
- Send a diagnostic interrupt to a virtual machine instance.
set-disk-auto-delete
- Set auto-delete behavior for disks.
set-iam-policy
- Set IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance.
set-machine-type
- Set machine type for Compute Engine virtual machines.
set-name
- Set the name of a Compute Engine virtual machine.
set-scheduling
- Set scheduling options for Compute Engine virtual machines.
set-service-account
- Set a service account and access scopes for a Compute Engine VM instance.
simulate-maintenance-event
- Simulate host maintenance of VM instances.
start
- Start a stopped virtual machine instance.
stop
- Stop a virtual machine instance.
suspend
- Suspend a virtual machine instance.
tail-serial-port-output
- Periodically fetch new output from a virtual machine instance's serial port and display it as it becomes available.
update
- Update a Compute Engine virtual machine.
update-access-config
- Update a Compute Engine virtual machine access configuration.
update-container
- Updates Compute Engine virtual machine instances running container images.
update-from-file
- Update a Compute Engine virtual machine instance using a configuration file.
- NOTES
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute instances
gcloud beta compute instances
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Last updated 2024-07-02 UTC.