- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute instance-templates describe - describe a virtual machine instance template
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute instance-templates describeNAME[--view=VIEW] [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)gcloud beta compute instance-templates describedisplays all data associated with a Google Compute Engine virtual machine instance template. - EXAMPLES
- To describe the instance template named 'INSTANCE-TEMPLATE', run:
gcloud beta compute instance-templates describe INSTANCE-TEMPLATE - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME - Name of the instance template to describe.
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- FLAGS
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--view=VIEW - Specifies the information that the output should contain.
VIEWmust be one of:-
BASIC - Default output view. Output contains all configuration details of the instance template, except partner metadata.
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FULL - Output contains all configuration details of the instance template, including partner metadata.
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--global - If set, the instance template is global.
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--region=REGION - Region of the instance template to describe. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty 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 beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute instance-templates describegcloud alpha compute instance-templates describegcloud preview compute instance-templates describe
gcloud beta compute instance-templates describe
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

