- NAME
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- gcloud looker backups describe - show metadata of a backup for a Looker instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud looker backups describe(BACKUP:--instance=INSTANCE--region=REGION) [--endpoint-mode=ENDPOINT_MODE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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Show metadata of a backup for a Looker instance.
Displays all metadata associated with a backup of a Looker instance given a valid backup and instance name.
This command can fail for the following reasons:
- The instance specified does not exist.
- The backup specified does not exist.
- The active account does not have permission to access the given instance and backups.
- EXAMPLES
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To display the metadata for a backup with id of
c24ad631-ad83-42f0-9f98-41e2b493263eon instance with namemy-looker-instance, and in the regionus-central1, run:gcloud looker backups describe c24ad631-ad83-42f0-9f98-41e2b493263e --instance='my-looker-instance' --region='us-central1' - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Backup resource - The instance of the backup 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
backupon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
BACKUP-
ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.
To set the
backupattribute:-
provide the argument
backupon 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
--instance=INSTANCE-
The name of the Looker instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:-
provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--instanceon the command line.
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provide the argument
--region=REGION-
The name of the Looker region of the backup. Overrides the default looker/region
property value for this command invocation.
To set the
regionattribute:-
provide the argument
backupon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--regionon the command line; -
set the property
looker/region.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Backup resource - The instance of the backup 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
looker/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/reference/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
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This variant is also available:
gcloud alpha looker backups describe
gcloud looker backups describe
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Last updated 2026-09-29 UTC.