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

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

DESCRIPTION
    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 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/v1 API. The full documentation for this API
    can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/osconfig/rest

NOTES
    This variant is also available:

        $ gcloud alpha compute os-config inventories describe

