- INFORMATION
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gcloud alpha compute hosts describeis supported in universe domainuniverse; however, some of the values used in the help text may not be available. Command examples may not work as-is and may requires changes before execution. - NAME
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- gcloud alpha compute hosts describe - describe a Google Compute Engine host
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha compute hosts describe(HOST_NAME:--association=ASSOCIATION--zone=ZONE) [--reservation=RESERVATION] [--reservation-block=RESERVATION_BLOCK] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Describe a Google Compute Engine host. - EXAMPLES
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To describe a host named
my-hostin zoneus-central1-a:gcloud alpha compute hosts describe my-host --zone=us-central1-a - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Host resource - The name of the host to describe. The arguments in this group
can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes
are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:-
provide the argument
host_nameon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
HOST_NAME-
ID of the host or fully qualified identifier for the host.
To set the
host_nameattribute:-
provide the argument
host_nameon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument
--association=ASSOCIATION-
The association of the host.
To set the
associationattribute:-
provide the argument
host_nameon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--associationon the command line; - Fallback for association.
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provide the argument
--zone=ZONE-
The name of the Google Compute Engine zone.
To set the
zoneattribute:-
provide the argument
host_nameon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--zoneon the command line; -
set the property
compute/zone.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Host resource - The name of the host to describe. The arguments in this group
can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes
are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- FLAGS
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--reservation=RESERVATION- Name of the reservation the host is associated with.
--reservation-block=RESERVATION_BLOCK- Name of the reservation block the host is associated with.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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. - API REFERENCE
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This command uses the
compute/alphaAPI. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ - 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.
gcloud alpha compute hosts describe
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