NAME
    gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe - describe the
        inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe INSTANCE
        [--location=LOCATION] [--view=VIEW] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (ALPHA) Describe the inventory data for a Compute Engine VM instance.

EXAMPLES
    To describe the inventory of an instance my-instance that has the instance
    ID 5678 in the current project and location 'us-central1-a', run:

        $ gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe my-instance \
            --location=us-central1-a

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     INSTANCE
        ID or name of the Compute Engine VM instance to describe. For details
        on valid instance IDs, refer to the criteria documented under the field
        id at:
        https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1/instances

FLAGS
     --location=LOCATION
        Location of the Compute Engine VM instance to describe. If not
        specified, the property compute/zone is used. For details on setting
        properties, see: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/properties

     --view=VIEW
        Specifies what information should be included in the output. If
        unspecified, the default view is basic. VIEW must be one of:

         basic
            Output is limited to operating system details.
         full
            Output includes operating system details and package information.

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 osconfig/v1alpha API. The full documentation for this
    API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/osconfig/rest

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. This variant is also available:

        $ gcloud compute os-config inventories describe

