- NAME
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- gcloud beta artifacts docker images describe - describe an Artifact Registry container image
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta artifacts docker images describeIMAGE[--metadata-filter=METADATA_FILTER] [--show-all-metadata] [--show-build-details] [--show-deployment] [--show-image-basis] [--show-package-vulnerability] [--show-provenance] [--show-sbom-references] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Reference an image by tag or digest using the format:LOCATION-docker.pkg.dev/PROJECT-ID/REPOSITORY-ID/IMAGE:tag LOCATION-docker.pkg.dev/PROJECT-ID/REPOSITORY-ID/IMAGE@sha256:digest
This command can fail for the following reasons:
- The repository format is invalid.
- The specified image does not exist.
- The active account does not have permission to run the command
(
roles/artifactregistry.reader,roles/containeranalysis.adminandroles/serviceusage.serviceUsageViewer).
- EXAMPLES
- To describe an image digest
abcxyzunder imagebusy-box:gcloud beta artifacts docker images describe us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/my-project/my-repository/busy-box@sha256:abcxyzTo describe an image
busy-boxwith tagmy-tag:gcloud beta artifacts docker images describe us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/my-project/my-repository/busy-box:my-tag - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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IMAGE - A container image.
A valid container image has the format of LOCATION-docker.pkg.dev/PROJECT-ID/REPOSITORY-ID/IMAGE
A valid container image that can be referenced by tag or digest, has the format of LOCATION-docker.pkg.dev/PROJECT-ID/REPOSITORY-ID/IMAGE:tag LOCATION-docker.pkg.dev/PROJECT-ID/REPOSITORY-ID/IMAGE@sha256:digest
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- FLAGS
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- Additional filter to fetch metadata for a given qualified image reference.
- Include all metadata in the output. Metadata will be grouped by Grafeas kind, with an additional section for intoto provenance metadata.
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--show-build-details - Include build metadata in the output.
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--show-deployment - Include deployment metadata in the output.
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--show-image-basis - Include base image metadata in the output.
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--show-package-vulnerability - Include vulnerability metadata in the output.
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--show-provenance - Include intoto provenance metadata in the output, in the provenance_summary section. To see all build metadata in the output, use --show-all-metadata or --show-build-details.
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--show-sbom-references - Include SBOM metadata in the output.
- 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 beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud artifacts docker images describegcloud alpha artifacts docker images describe
gcloud beta artifacts docker images describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
