- NAME
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- gcloud compute project-zonal-metadata add - add or update project zonal metadata
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute project-zonal-metadata add--metadata=KEY=VALUE, [KEY=VALUE, …]--zone=ZONE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute project-zonal-metadata addis used to add or update project zonal metadata for your VM instances. Project zonal metadata values propagate to all VMs within the specified zone. Every VM has access to a metadata server that you can use to query the configured project zonal metadata values. To set metadata for individual instances, usegcloud compute instances add-metadata. For information about metadata, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata .Only the metadata keys that you provide in the command get mutated. All other existing metadata entries remain the same.
- EXAMPLES
- To set the project zonal metadata with key=value in the zone
us-central1-amy-gcp-projectgcloud compute project-zonal-metadata add --metadata = key = value --zone = us-central1-a --project = my-gcp-projectFor more information and examples for setting project zonal metadata, see https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/metadata/setting-custom-metadata#set-custom-project-zonal-metadata
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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- The project zonal metadata key-value pairs that you want to add or update
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--zone=ZONE - The zone in which you want to add or update project zonal metadata
- 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 project-zonal-metadata addgcloud beta compute project-zonal-metadata addgcloud preview compute project-zonal-metadata add
gcloud compute project-zonal-metadata add
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
