- NAME
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- gcloud preview compute instance-groups managed stop-instances - stop instances owned by a managed instance group
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview compute instance-groups managed stop-instancesNAME--instances=INSTANCE, [INSTANCE, …] [--force] [--region=REGION|--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute instance-groups managed stop-instancesstops one or more instances from a managed instance group - EXAMPLES
- To stop an instance from a managed instance group in the us-central1-a zone,
run:
gcloud preview compute instance-groups managed stop-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 stop.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--force - Immediately stop the specified instances, skipping the initial delay, if one is specified in the standby policy.
- 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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- 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 DEVELOPER PREVIEW and may change without notice. If
this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct
project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early
access allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud compute instance-groups managed stop-instancesgcloud alpha compute instance-groups managed stop-instancesgcloud beta compute instance-groups managed stop-instances
gcloud preview compute instance-groups managed stop-instances
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
