gcloud alpha container clusters

NAME
gcloud alpha container clusters - deploy and teardown Google Kubernetes Engine clusters
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha container clustersGROUP |COMMAND[--location=LOCATION    |--region=REGION    |--zone=ZONE,-zZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) The gcloud container clusters command group lets you deployand teardown Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.

See $gcloud docker --help forinformation about deploying docker images to clusters.

FLAGS
At most one of these can be specified:
--location=LOCATION
Compute zone or region (e.g. us-central1-a or us-central1) for the cluster.Overrides the default compute/region or compute/zone value for this commandinvocation. Prefer using this flag over the --region or --zone flags.
--region=REGION
Compute region (e.g. us-central1) for a regional cluster. Overrides the defaultcompute/region property value for this command invocation.
--zone=ZONE,-zZONE
Compute zone (e.g. us-central1-a) for a zonal cluster. Overrides the defaultcompute/zone property value for this command invocation.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--help.

Run$gcloud help for details.

GROUPS
GROUP is one of the following:
config
(ALPHA) Manage Container cluster configurations.
COMMANDS
COMMAND is one of the following:
check-autopilot-compatibility
(ALPHA) Check autopilot compatibility of a running cluster.
complete-control-plane-upgrade
(ALPHA) Complete the control plane upgrade for an existing cluster.
create
(ALPHA) Create a cluster for running containers.
create-auto
(ALPHA) Create an Autopilot cluster for running containers.
delete
(ALPHA) Delete an existing cluster for running containers.
describe
(ALPHA) Describe an existing cluster for running containers.
get-credentials
(ALPHA) Fetch credentials for a running cluster.
get-upgrade-info
(ALPHA) Get information about upgrades for existing clustersincluding auto upgrade status, upgrade history, upgrade targets, and end ofsupport timelines.
list
(ALPHA) List existing clusters for running containers.
resize
(ALPHA) Resizes an existing cluster for running containers.
update
(ALPHA) Update cluster settings for an existing container cluster.
upgrade
(ALPHA) Upgrade the Kubernetes version of an existing containercluster.
NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudcontainerclusters
gcloudbetacontainerclusters

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Last updated 2025-12-09 UTC.