.TH "GCLOUD_COMPUTE_SNAPSHOTS_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud compute snapshots describe \- describe a Compute Engine snapshot



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud compute snapshots describe\fR \fISNAPSHOT_NAME\fR [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fBgcloud compute snapshots describe\fR displays all data associated with a
Compute Engine snapshot in a project.

Given an existing snapshot is queried, successful output of this command looks
like the following:

.RS 2m
creationTimestamp: '2018\-05\-07T10:45:46.988\-07:00'
diskSizeGb: '500'
id: '1234567891234567890'
kind: compute#snapshot
labelFingerprint: 12345abcdWW=
name: zs9utdhb8r1x
selfLink: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test\-project\-name/global/snapshots/snapshot\-number
sourceDisk: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test\-project\-name/zones/us\-central1\-c/disks/test
sourceDiskId: '1234567891234567890'
status: READY
storageBytes: '0'
storageBytesStatus: UP_TO_DATE
.RE



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To run \f5gcloud compute snapshots describe\fR, you'll need the name of a
snapshot. To list existing snapshots by name, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud compute snapshots list
.RE

To display specific details of an existing Compute Engine snapshot (like its
creation time, status, and storage details), run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud compute snapshots describe SNAPSHOT_NAME \e
    \-\-format="table(creationTimestamp, status, storageBytesStatus)"
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fISNAPSHOT_NAME\fR

Name of the snapshot to describe.


.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"

These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha compute snapshots describe
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta compute snapshots describe
.RE