- NAME
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- gcloud alpha bigtable clusters describe - describe an existing Bigtable cluster
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha bigtable clusters describe(CLUSTER:--instance=INSTANCE) [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Describe an existing Bigtable cluster. - EXAMPLES
- To view a cluster's description, run:
gcloud alpha bigtable clusters describe my-cluster-id --instance = my-instance-id - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- Cluster resource - The cluster 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
clusteron the command line with a fully specified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
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CLUSTER - ID of the cluster or fully qualified identifier for the cluster.
To set the
clusterattribute:- provide the argument
clusteron the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
- provide the argument
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--instance=INSTANCE - Bigtable instance for the cluster.
To set the
instanceattribute:- provide the argument
clusteron the command line with a fully specified name; - provide the argument
--instanceon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Cluster resource - The cluster 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.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- 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
- 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. These variants are also available:
gcloud bigtable clusters describegcloud beta bigtable clusters describe
gcloud alpha bigtable clusters describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
