gcloud bigtable clusters describe

NAME
gcloud bigtable clusters describe - describe an existing Bigtable cluster
SYNOPSIS
gcloud bigtable clusters describe(CLUSTER :--instance=INSTANCE)[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
Describe an existing Bigtable cluster.
EXAMPLES
To view a cluster's description, run:
gcloudbigtableclustersdescribemy-cluster-id--instance=my-instance-id
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Cluster resource - The cluster to describe. The arguments in this group can beused to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are notgiven 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.

--instance=INSTANCE
Bigtable instance for the cluster.

To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumentcluster on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--instance on the command line.
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:
gcloudalphabigtableclustersdescribe
gcloudbetabigtableclustersdescribe

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.