- NAME
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- gcloud compute os-config inventories describe - describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute os-config inventories describeINSTANCE[--location=LOCATION] [--view=VIEW] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance.
- EXAMPLES
- To describe the inventory of an instance
my-instancethat has the instance ID5678in the current project and location 'us-central1-a', run:gcloud compute os-config inventories describe my-instance --location = us-central1-a - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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INSTANCE - ID or name of the Compute Engine VM instance to describe. For details on valid
instance IDs, refer to the criteria documented under the field
idat: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
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- FLAGS
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--location=LOCATION - Location of the Compute Engine VM instance to describe. If not specified, the
property
compute/zoneis used. For details on setting properties, see: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/properties -
--view=VIEW - Specifies what information should be included in the output. If unspecified, the
default view is
basic.VIEWmust be one of:-
basic - Output is limited to operating system details.
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full - Output includes operating system details and package information.
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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. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
osconfig/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/osconfig/rest - NOTES
- This variant is also available:
gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe
gcloud compute os-config inventories describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

