- INFORMATION
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gcloud compute instance-templates importis 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 compute instance-templates import - import an instance template
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute instance-templates importNAME[--endpoint-mode=ENDPOINT_MODE] [--source=SOURCE] [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Creates a Compute Engine virtual machine instance template from a file containing the template's configuration.
- EXAMPLES
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An instance template can be imported by running:
gcloud compute instance-templates import NAME --source=<path-to-file> - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME- Name of the instance template to import.
- FLAGS
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--endpoint-mode=ENDPOINT_MODE-
Specifies endpoint mode for a given command. Regional endpoints provide enhanced
data residency and reliability by ensuring your request is handled entirely
within the specified Google Cloud region. This differs from global endpoints,
which may process parts of the request outside the target region. Overrides the
default
regional/endpoint_modeproperty value for this command invocation.ENDPOINT_MODEmust be one of:global- (Default) Use global rather than regional endpoints.
regional- Only use regional endpoints. An error will be raised if a regional endpoint is not available for a given command.
regional-preferred- Use regional endpoints when available, otherwise use global endpoints. Recommended for most users.
--source=SOURCE-
Path to a YAML file containing configuration export data. Alternatively, you may
omit this flag to read from standard input. For a schema describing the
export/import format, see:
$CLOUDSDKROOT/lib/googlecloudsdk/schemas/compute/v1/InstanceTemplate.yaml.
Note: $CLOUDSDKROOT represents the Google Cloud CLI's installation directory.
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At most one of these can be specified:
--global- If set, the instance template is global.
--region=REGION-
Region of the instance template to import. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
- 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. - REGIONAL ENDPOINTS
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This command supports regional endpoints. To use regional endpoints for this
command, use the
--endpoint-mode=regional-preferredflag. To use regional endpoints by default, run$ gcloud config set regional/endpoint_mode regional-preferred. - NOTES
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute instance-templates importgcloud beta compute instance-templates importgcloud preview compute instance-templates import
gcloud compute instance-templates import
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