- NAME
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- gcloud alpha compute os-config instance-os-policies-compliances describe - describe the compliance states for OS policies that are applied to a VM
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha compute os-config instance-os-policies-compliances describe(INSTANCE:--location=LOCATION) [--endpoint-mode=ENDPOINT_MODE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Describe the compliance states for OS policies that are applied to a VM. - EXAMPLES
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To report the compliance state of an instance
my-instancethat has the instance ID5678in the current project and locationus-central1-a, run:$ gcloud alpha compute os-config instance-os-policies-compliances \
describe 5678 --location=us-central1-a
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Compute Engine VM instance resource - Compute Engine VM instance whose OS
policies compliance state to describe. The arguments in this group can be used
to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given
arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:-
provide the argument
instanceon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
INSTANCE-
ID of the Compute Engine VM instance or fully qualified identifier for the
Compute Engine VM instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:-
provide the argument
instanceon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument
--location=LOCATION-
Location of the Compute Engine VM instance.
To set the
locationattribute:-
provide the argument
instanceon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--locationon the command line; -
set the property
compute/zone.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Compute Engine VM instance resource - Compute Engine VM instance whose OS
policies compliance state to describe. The arguments in this group can be used
to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given
arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- FLAGS
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--endpoint-mode=ENDPOINT_MODE-
Specifies endpoint mode for a given command. Regional endpoints provide enhanced
data residency and reliability by ensuring your request is handled entirely
within the specified Google Cloud region. This differs from global endpoints,
which may process parts of the request outside the target region. Overrides the
default
regional/endpoint_modeproperty value for this command invocation.ENDPOINT_MODEmust be one of:global- (Default) Use global rather than regional endpoints.
regional- Only use regional endpoints. An error will be raised if a regional endpoint is not available for a given command.
regional-preferred- Use regional endpoints when available, otherwise use global endpoints. Recommended for most users.
- 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. - API REFERENCE
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This command uses the
osconfig/v1alphaAPI. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/osconfig/rest - REGIONAL ENDPOINTS
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This command supports regional endpoints. To use regional endpoints for this
command, use the
--endpoint-mode=regional-preferredflag. To use regional endpoints by default, run$ gcloud config set regional/endpoint_mode regional-preferred. - NOTES
- This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist.
gcloud alpha compute os-config instance-os-policies-compliances describe
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Last updated 2026-09-15 UTC.