gcloud compute target-instances update

NAME
gcloud compute target-instances update - update a Compute Engine target instance
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute target-instances updateNAME[--security-policy=SECURITY_POLICY][--security-policy-region=SECURITY_POLICY_REGION][--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute target-instances update updates a Compute Enginetarget instance.
EXAMPLES
To update the security policy run this:
gcloudcomputetarget-instancesupdateTARGET_INSTANCE--security-policy='my-policy'
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
NAME
Name of the target instance to update.
FLAGS
--security-policy=SECURITY_POLICY
The security policy that will be set for this target instance. To remove thepolicy from this target instance set the policy to an empty string.
--security-policy-region=SECURITY_POLICY_REGION
Region of the security policy to operate on. Overrides the defaultcompute/region property value for this command invocation.
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the target instance to update. 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:
gcloudalphacomputetarget-instancesupdate
gcloudbetacomputetarget-instancesupdate

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.