- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute target-instances describe - describe a target instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute target-instances describeNAME[--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)gcloud beta compute target-instances describedisplays all data associated with a Compute Engine target instance in a project. - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME - Name of the target instance to describe.
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- FLAGS
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--zone=ZONE - Zone of the target instance to describe. If not specified and the
compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
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- 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 compute target-instances describegcloud alpha compute target-instances describegcloud preview compute target-instances describe
gcloud beta compute target-instances describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
