- NAME
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- gcloud container node-pools - create and delete operations for Google Kubernetes Engine node pools
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud container node-poolsCOMMAND[--location=LOCATION|--region=REGION|--zone=ZONE,-zZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Create and delete operations for Google Kubernetes Engine node pools.
- FLAGS
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--location=LOCATION - Compute zone or region (e.g. us-central1-a or us-central1) for the cluster. Overrides the default compute/region or compute/zone value for this command invocation. Prefer using this flag over the --region or --zone flags.
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--region=REGION - Compute region (e.g. us-central1) for a regional cluster. Overrides the default compute/region property value for this command invocation.
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--zone=ZONE,-zZONE - Compute zone (e.g. us-central1-a) for a zonal cluster. Overrides the default compute/zone property 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:
--help.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - COMMANDS
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is one of the following:COMMAND-
complete-upgrade - Complete a node pool upgrade.
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create - Create a node pool in a running cluster.
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delete - Delete an existing node pool in a running cluster.
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describe - Describe an existing node pool for a cluster.
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get-upgrade-info - Get upgrade information for an existing node pool for a cluster.
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list - List existing node pools for a cluster.
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rollback - Rollback a node-pool upgrade.
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update - Updates a node pool in a running cluster.
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- NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha container node-poolsgcloud beta container node-pools
gcloud container node-pools
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

