gcloud looker instances restore

NAME
gcloud looker instances restore - restore a Looker instance from a backup
SYNOPSIS
gcloud looker instances restore(INSTANCE :--region=REGION)--backup=BACKUP[--async][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
Restore a Looker instance from a backup.

The Looker instance in which the backup is derived from will be restored to thatspecific backup.

This command can fail for the following reasons:

  • The instance specified does not exist.
  • The backup specified does not exist.
  • The active account does not have permission to access the given instance andbackups.
EXAMPLES
To restore a backup with id of7e504e66-c389-4d8d-bca7-f710c6d96567that belongs to an instance namedmy-looker-instance, in the regionus-central1, run:
gcloudlookerinstancesrestoremy-looker-instance--backup="7e504e66-c389-4d8d-bca7-f710c6d96567"--region="us-central1"--async
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Instance resource - Arguments and flags that specify the Looker instance youwant to describe. The arguments in this group can be used to specify theattributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments inthis group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

INSTANCE
ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.

To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--region=REGION
The name of the Looker region of the instance. Overrides the defaultlooker/region property value for this command invocation.To set theregion attribute:
  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--region on the command line;
  • set the propertylooker/region.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--backup=BACKUP
The ID of the backup instance in the formatprojects/{project}/locations/{location}/instances/{instance}/backups/{backup}
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
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 thelooker/v1 API. The full documentation forthis API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/reference/rest/
NOTES
This variant is also available:
gcloudalphalookerinstancesrestore

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.