gcloud compute target-pools add-instances

NAME
gcloud compute target-pools add-instances - add instances to a target pool
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute target-pools add-instancesNAME--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…][--instances-zone=INSTANCES_ZONE][--region=REGION][--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute target-pools add-instances is used to add one ormore instances to a target pool. For more information on health checks and loadbalancing, seehttps://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing-and-autoscaling/
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
NAME
The name of the target pool to which to add the instances.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--instances=INSTANCE,[INSTANCE,…]
Specifies a list of instances to add to the target pool.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--instances-zone=INSTANCES_ZONE
Zone of the instances to add to the target pool. 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.

--region=REGION
Region of the target pool to operate on. If not specified, it will be set to theregion of the instances. Overrides the defaultcompute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the instances to add to the target pool. DEPRECATED, use--instances-zone. If not specified, you will be prompted to select a zone.Overrides the defaultcompute/zone property value for this commandinvocation.
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-poolsadd-instances
gcloudbetacomputetarget-poolsadd-instances

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.