gcloud compute snapshots describe

NAME

gcloud compute snapshots describe - describe a Compute Engine snapshot

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute snapshots describe SNAPSHOT_NAME [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

gcloud compute snapshots describe displays all data associated with a Compute Engine snapshot in a project.

Given an existing snapshot is queried, successful output of this command looks like the following:

creationTimestamp: '2018-05-07T10:45:46.988-07:00'
diskSizeGb: '500'
id: '1234567891234567890'
kind: compute#snapshot
labelFingerprint: 12345abcdWW=
name: zs9utdhb8r1x
selfLink: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test-project-name/global/snapshots/snapshot-number
sourceDisk: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test-project-name/zones/us-central1-c/disks/test
sourceDiskId: '1234567891234567890'
status: READY
storageBytes: '0'
storageBytesStatus: UP_TO_DATE

EXAMPLES

To run gcloud compute snapshots describe, you'll need the name of a snapshot. To list existing snapshots by name, run:

gcloud compute snapshots list

To display specific details of an existing Compute Engine snapshot (like its creation time, status, and storage details), run:

gcloud compute snapshots describe SNAPSHOT_NAME --format="table(creationTimestamp, status, storageBytesStatus)"

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

SNAPSHOT_NAME

Name of the snapshot to describe.

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

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe

gcloud beta compute snapshots describe