- NAME
-
- gcloud bigtable instances describe - describe an existing Bigtable instance
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud bigtable instances describeINSTANCE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Describe an existing Bigtable instance.
- EXAMPLES
- To view an instance's description, run:
gcloud bigtable instances describe my-instance-id - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- Instance resource - The instance to describe. This represents a Cloud 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
instanceon 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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INSTANCE - ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:- provide the argument
instanceon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Instance resource - The instance to describe. This represents a Cloud 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
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha bigtable instances describegcloud beta bigtable instances describe
gcloud bigtable instances describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
