NAME

gcloud alpha compute images describe-from-family - describe the latest image from an image family

SYNOPSIS

gcloud alpha compute images describe-from-family IMAGE_NAME [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

(ALPHA) gcloud alpha compute images describe-from-family looks up the latest image from an image family and runs a describe on it. If the image is not in the default project, you need to specify a value for --project.

EXAMPLES

To view the description for the latest debian-9 image from the debian-cloud project, run:

$ gcloud alpha compute images describe-from-family debian-9 \ --project=debian-cloud

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

IMAGE_NAME

Name of the disk image to describe.

FLAGS

--zone=ZONE

Zone to query. Returns the latest image available in the image family for the specified zone. If not specified, returns the latest globally available image.

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 compute images describe-from-family

$ gcloud beta compute images describe-from-family