- NAME
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- gcloud preview compute instance-templates describe - describe a virtual machine instance template
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview compute instance-templates describeNAME[--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute instance-templates describedisplays all data associated with a Google Compute Engine virtual machine instance template. - EXAMPLES
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To describe the instance template named 'INSTANCE-TEMPLATE', run:
gcloud preview compute instance-templates describe INSTANCE-TEMPLATE - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME- Name of the instance template to describe.
- FLAGS
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At most one of these can be specified:
--global- If set, the instance template is global.
--region=REGION-
Region of the instance template to describe. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
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At most one of these can be specified:
- 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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This command is currently in DEVELOPER PREVIEW and may 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. These variants are also available:
gcloud compute instance-templates describegcloud alpha compute instance-templates describegcloud beta compute instance-templates describe
gcloud preview compute instance-templates describe
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Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC.