- NAME
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- gcloud compute instances os-inventory describe - describe a Compute Engine virtual instance's OS inventory data
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instances os-inventory describeINSTANCE_NAME[--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute instances os-inventory describedisplays all OS inventory data associated with a Compute Engine virtual machine instance. - EXAMPLES
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To see OS inventory of an instance named my-instance, run:
gcloud compute instances os-inventory describe my-instance - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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INSTANCE_NAME- Name of the instance to describe. For details on valid instance names, refer to the criteria documented under the field 'name' at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
- FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE-
Zone of the instance to describe. If not specified, you might be prompted to
select a zone (interactive mode only).
gcloudattempts to identify the appropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. If the zone cannot be determined,gcloudprompts you for a selection with all available Google Cloud Platform zones.To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user can set the
property:compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
- 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. - NOTES
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute instances os-inventory describegcloud beta compute instances os-inventory describe
gcloud compute instances os-inventory describe
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.