gcloud alpha filestore instances describe

NAME
gcloud alpha filestore instances describe - show metadata for a Filestore instance
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha filestore instances describe(INSTANCE :--zone=ZONE)[--location=LOCATION][--region=REGION][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Show metadata for a Filestore instance.
EXAMPLES
The following command shows the metadata for the Filestore instance named NAMEin us-central1-c.
gcloudalphafilestoreinstancesdescribeNAME--location=us-central1-c
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Instance resource - The instance to describe. The arguments in this group can beused to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are notgiven arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

INSTANCE
ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.

To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--zone=ZONE
The zone of the instance.

To set thezone attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--zone on the command line;
  • provide the argumentregion on the command line;
  • provide the argumentlocation on the command line;
  • set the propertyfilestore/zone;
  • set the propertyfilestore/region;
  • set the propertyfilestore/location.
FLAGS
--location=LOCATION
Location of the Cloud Filestore instance/operation.
--region=REGION
Region of the Cloud Filestore instance.
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:
gcloudfilestoreinstancesdescribe
gcloudbetafilestoreinstancesdescribe

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Last updated 2025-06-03 UTC.