gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe - describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance
gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe INSTANCE [--location=LOCATION] [--view=VIEW] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
(ALPHA) Describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance.
To describe the inventory of an instance my-instance that has the instance ID 5678 in the current project and location 'us-central1-a', run:
$ gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe my-instance \ --location=us-central1-a
- INSTANCE
ID or name of the Compute Engine VM instance to describe. For details on valid instance IDs, refer to the criteria documented under the field id at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
- --location=LOCATION
Location of the Compute Engine VM instance to describe. If not specified, the property compute/zone is used. For details on setting properties, see: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/properties
- --view=VIEW
Specifies what information should be included in the output. If unspecified, the default view is basic. VIEW must be one of:
- basic
Output is limited to operating system details.
- full
Output includes operating system details and package information.
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.
This command uses the osconfig/v1alpha API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/osconfig/rest
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. This variant is also available:
$ gcloud compute os-config inventories describe