gcloud alpha compute migration image-imports

NAME
gcloud alpha compute migration image-imports - imports images to Google Compute Engine from Google Cloud Storage
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute migration image-importsCOMMAND[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports provides a morerobust and better supported method for importing images to Google ComputeEngine. Other image-related operations (for example, list) can be done usinggcloud compute images, as usual.

The commands use VM Migartion API which supports importing of an image from aGoogle Cloud Storage file (gs://…) to a target project. VM Migration APImust be enabled in your project.

gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports create creates an Image Import resourcewith a nested Image Import Job resource. The Image Import Job resource tracksthe image import progress. After the Image Import Job completes, successfully orotherwise, there's no further use for the Image Import resource.

The image is imported to a Google Cloud Project, desginated by the TargetProject resource. To get a list of Target Projects, run the gcloud alphamigration vms target-projects list command. Use the Google Cloud console to addtarget project resources. For information on adding target projects, seehttps://cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines/docs/5.0/how-to/target-project.

A project can support a maximum of 1000 Image Import resources per project.Hence it's recommended to delete an Image Import resource after the Image ImportJob is complete to avoid reaching the Image Import resources limit. Deletion ofImage Import resource does not affect the imported image.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--help.

Run$gcloud help for details.

COMMANDS
COMMAND is one of the following:
create
(ALPHA) import Virtual Disk images to Google Compute Engine.
delete
(ALPHA) delete an Image Import resource.
describe
(ALPHA) describe an Image Import.
list
(ALPHA) list Image Imports.
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. This variant is also available:
gcloudcomputemigrationimage-imports

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Last updated 2025-08-05 UTC.