- NAME
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- gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe - describe a Compute Engine snapshot
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha compute snapshots describeSNAPSHOT_NAME[--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)gcloud alpha compute snapshots describedisplays all data associated with a Compute Engine snapshot in a project.Given an existing snapshot is queried, successful output of this command looks like the following:
creationTimestamp: '2018-05-07T10:45:46.988-07:00' diskSizeGb: '500' id: '1234567891234567890' kind: compute#snapshot labelFingerprint: 12345abcdWW = name: zs9utdhb8r1x selfLink: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test-project-name/global/snapshots/snapshot-number sourceDisk: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test-project-name/zones/us-central1-c/disks/test sourceDiskId: '1234567891234567890' status: READY storageBytes: '0' storageBytesStatus: UP_TO_DATE
- EXAMPLES
- To run
gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe, you'll need the name of a snapshot. To list existing snapshots by name, run:gcloud alpha compute snapshots listTo display specific details of an existing Compute Engine snapshot (like its creation time, status, and storage details), run:
gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe SNAPSHOT_NAME --format = "table(creationTimestamp, status, storageBytesStatus)" - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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SNAPSHOT_NAME - Name of the snapshot to describe.
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- FLAGS
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--global - If set, the snapshot is global.
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--region=REGION - Region of the snapshot 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
- 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 compute snapshots describegcloud beta compute snapshots describegcloud preview compute snapshots describe
gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
