gcloud dataproc clusters start

NAME
gcloud dataproc clusters start - start a cluster
SYNOPSIS
gcloud dataproc clusters start(CLUSTER :--region=REGION)[--async][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
Start a cluster.
EXAMPLES
To start a cluster, run:
gclouddataprocclustersstartmy-cluster--region=us-central1
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Cluster resource - The name of the cluster to start. The arguments in this groupcan be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributesare not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentcluster on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

CLUSTER
ID of the cluster or fully qualified identifier for the cluster.

To set thecluster attribute:

  • provide the argumentcluster on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--region=REGION
Dataproc region for the cluster. Each Dataproc region constitutes an independentresource namespace constrained to deploying instances into Compute Engine zonesinside the region. Overrides the defaultdataproc/region propertyvalue for this command invocation.

To set theregion attribute:

  • provide the argumentcluster on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--region on the command line;
  • set the propertydataproc/region.
FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
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:
gcloudalphadataprocclustersstart
gcloudbetadataprocclustersstart

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Last updated 2025-09-16 UTC.