NAME
    gcloud alpha compute instances export - export a Compute Engine virtual
        machine instance's configuration to a file

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud alpha compute instances export (INSTANCE : --zone=ZONE)
        [--destination=DESTINATION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (ALPHA) Export a Compute Engine virtual machine instance's configuration to
    a file.

EXAMPLES
    A virtual machine can be exported by running:

        $ gcloud alpha compute instances export my-instance \
            --destination=<path-to-file>

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     Instance resource - Name of the instance to export. For details on valid
     instance names, refer to the criteria documented under the field 'name'
     at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances The
     arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this
     resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but
     can be set in other ways.

     To set the project attribute:
      ◆ provide the argument instance on the command line with a fully
        specified name;
      ◆ provide the argument --project on the command line;
      ◆ set the property core/project.

     This must be specified.

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

          To set the instance attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument instance on the command line.

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

       --zone=ZONE
          The name of the Google Compute Engine zone.

          To set the zone attribute:
          ▸ provide the argument instance on the command line with a fully
            specified name;
          ▸ provide the argument --zone on the command line;
          ▸ set the property compute/zone.

FLAGS
     --destination=DESTINATION
        Path to a YAML file where the configuration will be exported. The
        exported data will not contain any output-only fields. Alternatively,
        you may omit this flag to write to standard output. For a schema
        describing the export/import format, see
        $CLOUDSDKROOT/lib/googlecloudsdk/schemas/...

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 the compute/alpha API. The full documentation for this
    API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/

NOTES
    This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
    command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct
    project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early
    access allowlist. These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud compute instances export

        $ gcloud beta compute instances export

