- NAME
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- gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe - describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe(INSTANCE:--location=LOCATION) [--view=VIEW] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance. - EXAMPLES
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To describe the inventory of an instance
my-instancethat has the instance ID5678in the current project and location 'us-central1-a', run:gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe my-instance --location=us-central1-a - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Compute Engine VM instance resource - Compute Engine VM instance whose inventory
data 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 inventory
data 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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--view=VIEW-
Specifies what information should be included in the output. If unspecified, the
default view is
basic.VIEWmust be one of:basic- Output is limited to operating system details.
full- Output includes operating system details and package information.
- 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 - NOTES
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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. This variant is also available:
gcloud compute os-config inventories describe
gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe
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Last updated 2026-09-01 UTC.