.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_CONTAINER_CLUSTERS" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha container clusters \- deploy and teardown Google Kubernetes Engine clusters



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha container clusters\fR \fIGROUP\fR | \fICOMMAND\fR [\fB\-\-location\fR=\fILOCATION\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-region\fR=\fIREGION\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-zone\fR=\fIZONE\fR,\ \fB\-z\fR\ \fIZONE\fR] [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR The gcloud container clusters command group lets you deploy and
teardown Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.

See $ gcloud docker \-\-help for information about deploying docker images to
clusters.



.SH "FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

At most one of these can be specified:


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-location\fR=\fILOCATION\fR

Compute zone or region (e.g. us\-central1\-a or us\-central1) for the cluster.
Overrides the default compute/region or compute/zone value for this command
invocation. Prefer using this flag over the \-\-region or \-\-zone flags.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-region\fR=\fIREGION\fR

Compute region (e.g. us\-central1) for a regional cluster. Overrides the default
compute/region property value for this command invocation.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-zone\fR=\fIZONE\fR, \fB\-z\fR \fIZONE\fR

Compute zone (e.g. us\-central1\-a) for a zonal cluster. Overrides the default
compute/zone property value for this command invocation.


.RE
.RE
.sp

.SH "GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS"

These flags are available to all commands: \-\-help.

Run \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "GROUPS"

\f5\fIGROUP\fR\fR is one of the following:

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fBconfig\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Manage Container cluster configurations.


.RE
.sp

.SH "COMMANDS"

\f5\fICOMMAND\fR\fR is one of the following:

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fBcheck\-autopilot\-compatibility\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Check autopilot compatibility of a running cluster.

.TP 2m
\fBcreate\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Create a cluster for running containers.

.TP 2m
\fBcreate\-auto\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Create an Autopilot cluster for running containers.

.TP 2m
\fBdelete\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Delete an existing cluster for running containers.

.TP 2m
\fBdescribe\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Describe an existing cluster for running containers.

.TP 2m
\fBget\-credentials\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Fetch credentials for a running cluster.

.TP 2m
\fBget\-upgrade\-info\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Get information about upgrades for existing clusters including
auto upgrade status, upgrade history, upgrade targets, and end of support
timelines.

.TP 2m
\fBlist\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR List existing clusters for running containers.

.TP 2m
\fBresize\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Resizes an existing cluster for running containers.

.TP 2m
\fBupdate\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Update cluster settings for an existing container cluster.

.TP 2m
\fBupgrade\fR

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Upgrade the Kubernetes version of an existing container cluster.


.RE
.sp

.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 container clusters
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta container clusters
.RE