gcloud compute instances

NAME

gcloud compute instances - read and manipulate Compute Engine virtual machine instances

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute instances GROUP | COMMAND [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

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

These flags are available to all commands: --help.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

GROUPS

GROUP is one of the following:

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

COMMAND is one of the following:

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

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

(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

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

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha compute instances

gcloud beta compute instances