gcloud filestore instances snapshots describe

NAME
gcloud filestore instances snapshots describe - display information about a Filestore snapshot
SYNOPSIS
gcloud filestore instances snapshots describeSNAPSHOT--instance=INSTANCE(--instance-location=INSTANCE_LOCATION    |--instance-region=INSTANCE_REGION)[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
Displays information about a Filestore snapshot given a valid snapshot name, aswell as instance name and instance region.

This command can fail for the following reasons:

  • The snapshot or instance specified does not exist.
  • The active account does not have permission to access the given snapshot.
EXAMPLES
To display all information associated with a snapshot of the namemy-snapshot for the instancemy-instance fromus-central1, run:
gcloudfilestoreinstancessnapshotsdescribemy-snapshot--instance=my-instance--instance-region=us-central1
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
SNAPSHOT
Name of the Filestore snapshot to display information about.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--instance=INSTANCE
Name of the Filestore instance the snapshot belongs to.
Exactly one of these must be specified:
--instance-location=INSTANCE_LOCATION
Location of the Filestore instance.
--instance-region=INSTANCE_REGION
Region of the Filestore instance.
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.

API REFERENCE
This command uses thefile/v1 API. The full documentation for thisAPI can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/filestore/
NOTES
This variant is also available:
gcloudbetafilestoreinstancessnapshotsdescribe

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Last updated 2025-06-03 UTC.