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- NAME
- gcloud looker instances - manage Looker instances
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud looker instancesCOMMAND[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- EXAMPLES
- To create an instance with the name
my-looker-instance, with anedition of "LOOKER_CORE_STANDARD", run:gcloudlookerinstancescreatemy-looker-instance--oauth-client-id='looker'--oauth-client-secret='looker'--edition="core-standard"--asyncNote: It is
recommendedthat the--asyncargument isprovided when creating a Looker instance.To delete an instance with the name
my-looker-instance, run:gcloudlookerinstancesdeletemy-looker-instance--asyncTo display the details for an instance with name
my-looker-instance, run:gcloudlookerinstancesdescribemy-looker-instanceTo restart an instance with the name
my-looker-instance, run:gcloudlookerinstancesrestartmy-looker-instance--asyncTo update an instance with the name
my-looker-instance, run:gcloudlookerinstancesupdatemy-looker-instance--asyncTo restore a backup with id of
7e504e66-c389-4d8dthat belongs toan instance namedmy-looker-instance, in the regionus-central1, run:$gcloud lookerinstances restore my-looker-instance \
--backup="7e504e66-c389-4d8"--region="us-central1"--async
To export an instance with the name
my-looker-instance, run:gcloudlookerinstancesexportmy-looker-instance--target-gcs-uri='gs://bucketName/folderName'--kms-key='projects/my-project/locations/us-central1/keyRings/my-key-ring/cryptoKeys/my-key'To import an instance with the name
my-looker-instance, run:gcloudlookerinstancesimportmy-looker-instance--source-gcs-uri='gs://bucketName/folderName'To list all the instances, run:
gcloudlookerinstanceslist - GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--help.Run
$gcloud helpfor details. - COMMANDS
is one of the following:COMMANDcreate- Create a Looker instance.
delete- Delete a Looker instance.
describe- Show metadata for a Looker instance.
export- Export a Looker instance.
import- Import a Looker instance.
list- List Looker instances.
restart- Restart a Looker instance.
restore- Restore a Looker instance from a backup.
update- Update a Looker instance.
- NOTES
- This variant is also available:
gcloudalphalookerinstances
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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.