--account <ACCOUNT> | Google Cloud Platform user account to use for invocation. Overrides the default *core/account* property value for this command invocation |
--async | Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to
complete |
--billing-project <BILLING_PROJECT> | The Google Cloud Platform project that will be charged quota for operations performed in gcloud. If you need to operate on one project, but need quota against a different project, you can use this flag to specify the billing project. If both `billing/quota_project` and `--billing-project` are specified, `--billing-project` takes precedence. Run `$ gcloud config set --help` to see more information about `billing/quota_project` |
--can-ip-forward | If provided, allows the instances to send and receive packets with non-matching destination or source IP addresses |
--configuration <CONFIGURATION> | The configuration to use for this command invocation. For more
information on how to use configurations, run:
`gcloud topic configurations`. You can also use the CLOUDSDK_ACTIVE_CONFIG_NAME environment
variable to set the equivalent of this flag for a terminal
session |
--custom-cpu <CUSTOM_CPU> | A whole number value indicating how many cores are desired in the custom
machine type |
--custom-extensions | Use the extended custom machine type |
--custom-memory <CUSTOM_MEMORY> | A whole number value indicating how much memory is desired in the custom
machine type. A size unit should be provided (eg. 3072MB or 9GB) - if no
units are specified, GB is assumed |
--custom-vm-type <CUSTOM_VM_TYPE> | Specifies VM type. n1 - VMs with CPU platforms Skylake and older,
n2 - VMs with CPU platform Cascade Lake. n2 offers flexible sizing from
2 to 80 vCPUs, and 1 to 640GBs of memory.
It also features a number of performance enhancements including exposing
a more accurate NUMA topology to the guest OS. The default is `n1` |
--deletion-protection | Enables deletion protection for the instance |
--description <DESCRIPTION> | Specifies a textual description of the instances |
--flags-file <YAML_FILE> | A YAML or JSON file that specifies a *--flag*:*value* dictionary.
Useful for specifying complex flag values with special characters
that work with any command interpreter. Additionally, each
*--flags-file* arg is replaced by its constituent flags. See
$ gcloud topic flags-file for more information |
--flatten <KEY> | Flatten _name_[] output resource slices in _KEY_ into separate records
for each item in each slice. Multiple keys and slices may be specified.
This also flattens keys for *--format* and *--filter*. For example,
*--flatten=abc.def* flattens *abc.def[].ghi* references to
*abc.def.ghi*. A resource record containing *abc.def[]* with N elements
will expand to N records in the flattened output. This flag interacts
with other flags that are applied in this order: *--flatten*,
*--sort-by*, *--filter*, *--limit* |
--format <FORMAT> | Set the format for printing command output resources. The default is a
command-specific human-friendly output format. The supported formats
are: `config`, `csv`, `default`, `diff`, `disable`, `flattened`, `get`, `json`, `list`, `multi`, `none`, `object`, `table`, `text`, `value`, `yaml`. For more details run $ gcloud topic formats |
--guest-environment | The guest environment will be installed on the instance. Enabled by default, use *--no-guest-environment* to disable |
--help | Display detailed help |
--hostname <HOSTNAME> | Specify the hostname of the instance to be imported. The specified
hostname must be RFC1035 compliant. If hostname is not specified, the
default hostname is [INSTANCE_NAME].c.[PROJECT_ID].internal when using
the global DNS, and [INSTANCE_NAME].[ZONE].c.[PROJECT_ID].internal
when using zonal DNS |
--impersonate-service-account <SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL> | For this gcloud invocation, all API requests will be made as the given service account instead of the currently selected account. This is done without needing to create, download, and activate a key for the account. In order to perform operations as the service account, your currently selected account must have an IAM role that includes the iam.serviceAccounts.getAccessToken permission for the service account. The roles/iam.serviceAccountTokenCreator role has this permission or you may create a custom role. Overrides the default *auth/impersonate_service_account* property value for this command invocation |
--labels <KEY=VALUE> | List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.
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Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens (`-`), underscores (```_```), lowercase characters, and numbers. Values must contain only hyphens (`-`), underscores (```_```), lowercase characters, and numbers |
--log-http | Log all HTTP server requests and responses to stderr. Overrides the default *core/log_http* property value for this command invocation |
--log-location <LOG_LOCATION> | Directory in Cloud Storage to hold build logs. If not set, ```gs://<project num>.cloudbuild-logs.googleusercontent.com/``` is created and used |
--machine-type <MACHINE_TYPE> | Specifies the machine type used for the instances. To get a
list of available machine types, run 'gcloud compute
machine-types list'. If unspecified, the default type is n1-standard-1 |
--network <NETWORK> | Specifies the network that the instances will be part of. If --subnet is
also specified subnet must be a subnetwork of network specified by
--network. If neither is specified, this defaults to the "default"
network |
--network-tier <NETWORK_TIER> | Specifies the network tier that will be used to configure the instance.
``NETWORK_TIER'' must be one of: `PREMIUM`, `STANDARD`. The default
value is `PREMIUM` |
--node <NODE> | The name of the node to schedule this instance on |
--node-affinity-file <NODE_AFFINITY_FILE> | The JSON/YAML file containing the configuration of desired nodes onto
which this instance could be scheduled. These rules filter the nodes
according to their node affinity labels. A node's affinity labels come
from the node template of the group the node is in.
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The file should contain a list of a JSON/YAML objects with the
following fields:
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*key*::: Corresponds to the node affinity label keys of
the Node resource.
*operator*::: Specifies the node selection type. Must be one of:
`IN`: Requires Compute Engine to seek for matched nodes.
`NOT_IN`: Requires Compute Engine to avoid certain nodes.
*values*::: Optional. A list of values which correspond to the node
affinity label values of the Node resource |
--node-group <NODE_GROUP> | The name of the node group to schedule this instance on |
--os <OS> | Specifies the OS of the image being imported. _OS_ must be one of: *centos-6*, *centos-7*, *centos-8*, *debian-8*, *debian-9*, *opensuse-15*, *rhel-6*, *rhel-6-byol*, *rhel-7*, *rhel-7-byol*, *rhel-8*, *rhel-8-byol*, *sles-12*, *sles-12-byol*, *sles-15*, *sles-15-byol*, *sles-sap-12*, *sles-sap-12-byol*, *sles-sap-15*, *sles-sap-15-byol*, *ubuntu-1404*, *ubuntu-1604*, *ubuntu-1804*, *ubuntu-2004*, *windows-10-x64-byol*, *windows-10-x86-byol*, *windows-2008r2*, *windows-2008r2-byol*, *windows-2012*, *windows-2012-byol*, *windows-2012r2*, *windows-2012r2-byol*, *windows-2016*, *windows-2016-byol*, *windows-2019*, *windows-2019-byol*, *windows-7-x64-byol*, *windows-7-x86-byol*, *windows-8-x64-byol*, *windows-8-x86-byol* |
--private-network-ip <PRIVATE_NETWORK_IP> | Specifies the RFC1918 IP to assign to the instance. The IP should be in
the subnet or legacy network IP range |
--project <PROJECT_ID> | The Google Cloud Platform project ID to use for this invocation. If
omitted, then the current project is assumed; the current project can
be listed using `gcloud config list --format='text(core.project)'`
and can be set using `gcloud config set project PROJECTID`.
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`--project` and its fallback `core/project` property play two roles
in the invocation. It specifies the project of the resource to
operate on. It also specifies the project for API enablement check,
quota, and billing. To specify a different project for quota and
billing, use `--billing-project` or `billing/quota_project` property |
--quiet | Disable all interactive prompts when running gcloud commands. If input
is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be raised.
Overrides the default core/disable_prompts property value for this
command invocation. This is equivalent to setting the environment
variable `CLOUDSDK_CORE_DISABLE_PROMPTS` to 1 |
--restart-on-failure | The instances will be restarted if they are terminated by Compute Engine.
This does not affect terminations performed by the user. Enabled by default, use *--no-restart-on-failure* to disable |
--source-uri <SOURCE_URI> | Cloud Storage path to one of:
OVF descriptor
OVA file
Directory with OVF package |
--subnet <SUBNET> | Specifies the subnet that the instances will be part of. If --network is
also specified subnet must be a subnetwork of network specified by
--network |
--tags <TAG> | Specifies a list of tags to apply to the instance. These tags allow
network firewall rules and routes to be applied to specified VM instances.
See gcloud_compute_firewall-rules_create(1) for more details.
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To read more about configuring network tags, read this guide:
https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/add-remove-network-tags
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To list instances with their respective status and tags, run:
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$ gcloud compute instances list --format='table(name,status,tags.list())'
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To list instances tagged with a specific tag, `tag1`, run:
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$ gcloud compute instances list --filter='tags:tag1' |
--timeout <TIMEOUT> | Maximum time a build can last before it fails as "TIMEOUT".
For example, specifying `2h` fails the process after 2 hours.
See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information about duration formats |
--trace-token <TRACE_TOKEN> | Token used to route traces of service requests for investigation of issues. Overrides the default *core/trace_token* property value for this command invocation |
--user-output-enabled | Print user intended output to the console. Overrides the default *core/user_output_enabled* property value for this command invocation. Use *--no-user-output-enabled* to disable |
--verbosity <VERBOSITY> | Override the default verbosity for this command. Overrides the default *core/verbosity* property value for this command invocation. _VERBOSITY_ must be one of: *debug*, *info*, *warning*, *error*, *critical*, *none* |
--zone <ZONE> | Zone of the instance to import. If not specified and the ``compute/zone'' property isn't set, you
may be prompted to select a zone.
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To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
``compute/zone'' property:
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$ gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE
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A list of zones can be fetched by running:
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$ gcloud compute zones list
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To unset the property, run:
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$ gcloud config unset compute/zone
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Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
``CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE'' |