.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_BIGTABLE_INSTANCES_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha bigtable instances describe \- describe an existing Bigtable instance



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha bigtable instances describe\fR \fIINSTANCE\fR [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Describe an existing Bigtable instance.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To view an instance's description, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha bigtable instances describe my\-instance\-id
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Instance resource \- The instance to describe. This represents a Cloud resource.
(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in
other ways.

To set the \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5instance\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(em" 2m
set the property \f5core/project\fR.
.RE
.sp

This must be specified.


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIINSTANCE\fR

ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.

To set the \f5instance\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5instance\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp


.RE
.RE
.sp

.SH "GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS"

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 \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "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. These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud bigtable instances describe
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta bigtable instances describe
.RE