NAME

gcloud alpha bigtable instances describe - describe an existing Bigtable instance

SYNOPSIS

gcloud alpha bigtable instances describe INSTANCE [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

(ALPHA) Describe an existing Bigtable instance.

EXAMPLES

To view an instance's description, run:

$ gcloud alpha bigtable instances describe my-instance-id

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Instance resource - The instance to describe. This represents a Cloud resource.

(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the project attribute:

—

provide the argument instance on the command line with a fully specified name;

—

provide the argument --project on the command line;

—

set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

INSTANCE

ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance. To set the instance attribute:

• provide the argument instance on the command line.

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 help for details.

NOTES

This command is currently in alpha and might 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 bigtable instances describe

$ gcloud beta bigtable instances describe