gcloud metastore locations describe

NAME
gcloud metastore locations describe - show metadata for a Dataproc Metastore location
SYNOPSIS
gcloud metastore locations describe[LOCATION][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
Display all metadata associated with a Metastore location given a valid locationname.
EXAMPLES
To display the metadata for a location namedus-central1 in thedefault project, run:
gcloudmetastorelocationsdescribeus-central1
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Location resource - Dataproc Metastore location to describe. This represents aCloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group butcan be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentlocation on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • set the propertymetastore/location with a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.
[LOCATION]
ID of the location or fully qualified identifier for the location.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argumentlocation on the command line;
  • set the propertymetastore/location.
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 themetastore/v1 API. The full documentation forthis API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/dataproc-metastore/docs
NOTES
These variants are also available:
gcloudalphametastorelocationsdescribe
gcloudbetametastorelocationsdescribe

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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.