.TH "GCLOUD_COMPUTE_INSTANCES" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud compute instances \- read and manipulate Compute Engine virtual machine instances



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud compute instances\fR \fIGROUP\fR | \fICOMMAND\fR [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

Read and manipulate Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

For more information about virtual machine instances, see the virtual machine
instances documentation (https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/).

See also: Instances API
(https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances).



.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
\fBbulk\fR

Manipulate multiple Compute Engine virtual machines with single command
executions.

.TP 2m
\fBnetwork\-interfaces\fR

Read and manipulate Compute Engine instance network interfaces.

.TP 2m
\fBops\-agents\fR

Manage Google Cloud Observability agents for Compute Engine VM instances.

.TP 2m
\fBos\-inventory\fR

Read Compute Engine OS Inventory Data and Related Resources.


.RE
.sp

.SH "COMMANDS"

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

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fBadd\-access\-config\fR

Create a Compute Engine virtual machine access configuration.

.TP 2m
\fBadd\-iam\-policy\-binding\fR

Add IAM policy binding to a Compute Engine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBadd\-labels\fR

Add labels to Google Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

.TP 2m
\fBadd\-metadata\fR

Add or update instance metadata.

.TP 2m
\fBadd\-resource\-policies\fR

Add resource policies to Compute Engine VM instances.

.TP 2m
\fBadd\-tags\fR

Add tags to Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

.TP 2m
\fBattach\-disk\fR

Attach a disk to an instance.

.TP 2m
\fBcreate\fR

Create Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

.TP 2m
\fBcreate\-with\-container\fR

\fB(DEPRECATED)\fR Creates Compute Engine virtual machine instances running
container images.

.TP 2m
\fBdelete\fR

Delete Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

.TP 2m
\fBdelete\-access\-config\fR

Delete an access configuration from a virtual machine network interface.

.TP 2m
\fBdescribe\fR

Describe a virtual machine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBdetach\-disk\fR

Detach disks from Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

.TP 2m
\fBexport\fR

Export a Compute Engine virtual machine instance's configuration to a file.

.TP 2m
\fBget\-guest\-attributes\fR

Get the Guest Attributes for a compute instance.

.TP 2m
\fBget\-iam\-policy\fR

Get the IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBget\-screenshot\fR

Capture a screenshot (JPEG image) of the virtual machine instance's display.

.TP 2m
\fBget\-serial\-port\-output\fR

Read output from a virtual machine instance's serial port.

.TP 2m
\fBget\-shielded\-identity\fR

Get the Shielded identity for a Compute Engine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBimport\fR

Create Compute Engine virtual machine instances from virtual appliance in
OVA/OVF format.

.TP 2m
\fBlist\fR

List Compute Engine instances.

.TP 2m
\fBperform\-maintenance\fR

Perform maintenance of Google Compute Engine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBremove\-iam\-policy\-binding\fR

Remove IAM policy binding from a Compute Engine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBremove\-labels\fR

Remove labels from Google Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

.TP 2m
\fBremove\-metadata\fR

Remove instance metadata.

.TP 2m
\fBremove\-resource\-policies\fR

Remove resource policies from Compute Engine VM instances.

.TP 2m
\fBremove\-tags\fR

Remove tags from Compute Engine virtual machine instances.

.TP 2m
\fBreport\-host\-as\-faulty\fR

Report a host as faulty to start the repair process.

.TP 2m
\fBreset\fR

Reset a virtual machine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBresume\fR

Resume a virtual machine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBsend\-diagnostic\-interrupt\fR

Send a diagnostic interrupt to a virtual machine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBset\-disk\-auto\-delete\fR

Set auto\-delete behavior for disks.

.TP 2m
\fBset\-iam\-policy\fR

Set IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBset\-machine\-type\fR

Set machine type for Compute Engine virtual machines.

.TP 2m
\fBset\-name\fR

Set the name of a Compute Engine virtual machine.

.TP 2m
\fBset\-scheduling\fR

Set scheduling options for Compute Engine virtual machines.

.TP 2m
\fBset\-service\-account\fR

Set a service account and access scopes for a Compute Engine VM instance.

.TP 2m
\fBsimulate\-maintenance\-event\fR

Simulate host maintenance of VM instances.

.TP 2m
\fBstart\fR

Start a stopped virtual machine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBstop\fR

Stop a virtual machine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBsuspend\fR

Suspend a virtual machine instance.

.TP 2m
\fBtail\-serial\-port\-output\fR

Periodically fetch new output from a virtual machine instance's serial port and
display it as it becomes available.

.TP 2m
\fBupdate\fR

Update a Compute Engine virtual machine.

.TP 2m
\fBupdate\-access\-config\fR

Update a Compute Engine virtual machine access configuration.

.TP 2m
\fBupdate\-container\fR

\fB(DEPRECATED)\fR Updates Compute Engine virtual machine instances running
container images.

.TP 2m
\fBupdate\-from\-file\fR

Update a Compute Engine virtual machine instance using a configuration file.


.RE
.sp

.SH "NOTES"

These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha compute instances
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta compute instances
.RE