gcloud beta compute snapshots describe

NAME
gcloud beta compute snapshots describe - describe a Compute Engine snapshot
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta compute snapshots describeSNAPSHOT_NAME[--global    |--region=REGION][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA)gcloud beta compute snapshots describe displaysall data associated with a Compute Engine snapshot in a project.

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

creationTimestamp:'2018-05-07T10:45:46.988-07:00'diskSizeGb:'500'id:'1234567891234567890'kind:compute#snapshotlabelFingerprint:12345abcdWW=name:zs9utdhb8r1xselfLink:https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test-project-name/global/snapshots/snapshot-numbersourceDisk:https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/test-project-name/zones/us-central1-c/disks/testsourceDiskId:'1234567891234567890'status:READYstorageBytes:'0'storageBytesStatus:UP_TO_DATE
EXAMPLES
To rungcloud beta compute snapshots describe, you'll need the nameof a snapshot. To list existing snapshots by name, run:
gcloudbetacomputesnapshotslist

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

gcloudbetacomputesnapshotsdescribeSNAPSHOT_NAME--format="table(creationTimestamp, status, storageBytesStatus)"
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
SNAPSHOT_NAME
Name of the snapshot to describe.
FLAGS
At most one of these can be specified:
--global
If set, the snapshot is global.
--region=REGION
Region of the snapshot to describe. Overrides the defaultcompute/region property value for this command invocation.
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 beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudcomputesnapshotsdescribe
gcloudalphacomputesnapshotsdescribe

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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.