gcloud compute instances os-inventory describe

NAME
gcloud compute instances os-inventory describe - describe a Compute Engine virtual instance's OS inventory data
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute instances os-inventory describeINSTANCE_NAME[--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute instances os-inventory describe displays all OSinventory data associated with a Compute Engine virtual machine instance.
EXAMPLES
To see OS inventory of an instance named my-instance, run:
gcloudcomputeinstancesos-inventorydescribemy-instance
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
INSTANCE_NAME
Name of the instance to describe. For details on valid instance names, refer tothe criteria documented under the field 'name' at:https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances
FLAGS
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the instance to describe. 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
These variants are also available:
gcloudalphacomputeinstancesos-inventorydescribe
gcloudbetacomputeinstancesos-inventorydescribe

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.