gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe - describe a Compute Engine snapshot
gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe SNAPSHOT_NAME [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
(ALPHA) gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe displays all data associated with a Compute Engine snapshot in a project.
Given an existing snapshot is queried, successful output of this command looks like the following:
creationTimestamp: '2018-05-07T10:45:46.988-07:00' diskSizeGb: '500' id: '1234567891234567890' kind: compute#snapshot labelFingerprint: 12345abcdWW= name: zs9utdhb8r1x selfLink: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test-project-name/global/snapshots/snapshot-number sourceDisk: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test-project-name/zones/us-central1-c/disks/test sourceDiskId: '1234567891234567890' status: READY storageBytes: '0' storageBytesStatus: UP_TO_DATE
To run gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe, you'll need the name of a snapshot. To list existing snapshots by name, run:
$ gcloud alpha compute snapshots list
To display specific details of an existing Compute Engine snapshot (like its creation time, status, and storage details), run:
$ gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe SNAPSHOT_NAME \ --format="table(creationTimestamp, status, storageBytesStatus)"
- SNAPSHOT_NAME
Name of the snapshot to describe.
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 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 snapshots describe
$ gcloud beta compute snapshots describe