.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_CONTAINER_NODE\-POOLS_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha container node\-pools describe \- describe an existing node pool for a cluster



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha container node\-pools describe\fR \fINAME\fR [\fB\-\-cluster\fR=\fICLUSTER\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 \fBgcloud alpha container node\-pools describe\fR displays all
data associated with the node pool in the Google Kubernetes Engine cluster.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To describe a node pool of an existing cluster, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha container node\-pools describe node\-pool\-1 \e
    \-\-cluster=sample\-cluster
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fINAME\fR

The name of the node pool.


.RE
.sp

.SH "FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-cluster\fR=\fICLUSTER\fR

The name of the cluster. Overrides the default \fBcontainer/cluster\fR property
value for this command invocation.

.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: \-\-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 container node\-pools describe
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta container node\-pools describe
.RE