.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_LOOKER_BACKUPS_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha looker backups describe \- show metadata of a backup for a Looker instance



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha looker backups describe\fR (\fIBACKUP\fR\ :\ \fB\-\-instance\fR=\fIINSTANCE\fR\ \fB\-\-region\fR=\fIREGION\fR) [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Show metadata of a backup for a Looker instance.

Displays all metadata associated with a backup of a Looker instance given a
valid backup and instance name.

This command can fail for the following reasons:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
The instance specified does not exist.
.IP "\(bu" 2m
The backup specified does not exist.
.IP "\(bu" 2m
The active account does not have permission to access the given instance and
backups.
.RE
.sp



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To display the metadata for a backup with id of
\f5c24ad631\-ad83\-42f0\-9f98\-41e2b493263e\fR on instance with name
\f5my\-looker\-instance\fR, and in the region \f5us\-central1\fR, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha looker backups describe \e
    c24ad631\-ad83\-42f0\-9f98\-41e2b493263e \e
    \-\-instance='my\-looker\-instance' \-\-region='us\-central1'
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Backup resource \- The instance of the backup 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 \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\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
\fIBACKUP\fR

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

To set the \f5backup\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this
group are specified.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-instance\fR=\fIINSTANCE\fR

The name of the Looker instance.

To set the \f5instance\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-instance\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

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

The name of the Looker region of the backup. Overrides the default looker/region
property value for this command invocation.


To set the \f5region\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5backup\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-region\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
set the property \f5looker/region\fR.
.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 "API REFERENCE"

This command uses the \fBlooker/v1alpha2\fR API. The full documentation for this
API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/reference/rest/



.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. This variant is also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud looker backups describe
.RE