gcloud alpha compute instances set-disk-auto-delete

NAME
gcloud alpha compute instances set-disk-auto-delete - set auto-delete behavior for disks
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute instances set-disk-auto-deleteINSTANCE_NAME(--device-name=DEVICE_NAME    |--disk=DISK)[--no-auto-delete][--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)$gcloud alpha compute instancesset-disk-auto-delete is used to configure the auto-delete behavior fordisks attached to Compute Engine virtual machines. When auto-delete is on, thepersistent disk is deleted when the instance it is attached to is deleted.
EXAMPLES
To enable auto-delete for a disk named 'my-disk' on an instance named'my-instance', run:
gcloudalphacomputeinstancesset-disk-auto-deletemy-instance--auto-delete--disk=my-disk

To enable auto-delete for a device named 'my-device' on an instance named'my-instance', run:

gcloudalphacomputeinstancesset-disk-auto-deletemy-instance--auto-delete--device-name=my-device
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
INSTANCE_NAME
Name of the instance to operate on. For details on valid instance names, referto the criteria documented under the field 'name' at:https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
REQUIRED FLAGS
Exactly one of these must be specified:
--device-name=DEVICE_NAME
Specifies a disk to set auto-delete for by its device name, which is the namethat the guest operating system sees. The device name is set at the time thatthe disk is attached to the instance, and need not be the same as the persistentdisk name. If the disk's device name is specified, then its persistent disk namemust not be specified using the--diskflag.
--disk=DISK
Specifies a disk to set auto-delete for by its resource name. If you specify adisk to set auto-delete for by persistent disk name, then you must not specifyits device name using the--device-nameflag.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--auto-delete
Enables auto-delete for the given disk. Enabled by default, use--no-auto-delete to disable.
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the instance to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted toselect a zone (interactive mode only).gcloud attempts to identify theappropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. Ifthe zone cannot be determined,gcloud prompts you for a selection withall available Google Cloud Platform zones.

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user can set thecompute/zone property:

gcloudconfigsetcompute/zoneZONE

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputezoneslist

To unset the property, run:

gcloudconfigunsetcompute/zone

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variableCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

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$gcloud help for details.

NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudcomputeinstancesset-disk-auto-delete
gcloudbetacomputeinstancesset-disk-auto-delete

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.