Method: organizationZoneVmExtensionPolicies.getVmExtension

API Version : 2026-10-01-preview

Retrieves details of a specific VM extension within an organization.

HTTP request


GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/{organization=organizations/*}/zones/{zone}/vmExtensions/{extensionName}?$apiVersion=2026-10-01-preview

The URLs use gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
organization

string

Organization ID for this request.
zone

string

Name of the zone for this request.
extensionName

string

Required. Name of the VM extension for this request.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

A VM extension that can be installed on a VM.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "versions": [
    string
  ]
}
Fields
name

string

The name of the vm extension.
versions[]

string

The latest 10 versions of the vm extension.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

  • compute.orgVmExtensions.get

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.