- NAME
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- gcloud compute target-instances describe - describe a target instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute target-instances describeNAME[--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute target-instances describedisplays all data associated with a Compute Engine target instance in a project. - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME- Name of the target instance to describe.
- FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE-
Zone of the target instance to describe. If not specified and the
property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you 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 target-instances describegcloud beta compute target-instances describe
gcloud compute target-instances describe
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.