- NAME
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- gcloud compute instance-groups managed start-instances - start the stopped instances in a managed instance group
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instance-groups managed start-instancesNAME--instances=INSTANCE, [INSTANCE, …] [--region=REGION|--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute instance-groups managed start-instancesstarts one or more instances from a managed instance group, thereby increasing the targetSize and reducing the targetStoppedSize of the group.The command returns the operation status per instance, which might be
FAILSUCCESSMEMBER_NOT_FOUNDMEMBER_NOT_FOUND - EXAMPLES
- To start an instance from a managed instance group in the us-central1-a zone,
run:
gcloud compute instance-groups managed start-instances example-managed-instance-group --zone = us-central1-a --instances = example-instance - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME - Name of the managed instance group to operate on.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…] - Names of instances to start.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--region=REGION - Region of the managed instance group to operate on. If not specified, you might
be prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).
A list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions listOverrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation. -
--zone=ZONE - Zone of the managed instance group to operate on. If not specified, you might be
prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).
A list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listOverrides the default
compute/zoneproperty 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
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute instance-groups managed start-instancesgcloud beta compute instance-groups managed start-instancesgcloud preview compute instance-groups managed start-instances
gcloud compute instance-groups managed start-instances
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
