gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged add-instances

NAME
gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged add-instances - adds instances to an unmanaged instance group by name
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged add-instancesNAME--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…][--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged add-instances addsexisting instances to an unmanaged instance group by name. For example:
gcloudcomputeinstance-groupsunmanagedadd-instancesmy-group--instancesmy-instance-1,my-instance-2--zoneus-central1-a
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
NAME
Name of the instance group to operate on.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…]
A list of names of instances to add to the instance group. These must existbeforehand and must live in the same zone as the instance group.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the instance group to operate on. If not specified and thecompute/zone property isn't set, you mightbe prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you 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
These variants are also available:
gcloudalphacomputeinstance-groupsunmanagedadd-instances
gcloudbetacomputeinstance-groupsunmanagedadd-instances

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.