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NAME
gcloud compute instances export - export a Compute Engine virtual machine
instance's configuration to a file
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute instances export (INSTANCE : --zone=ZONE)
[--destination=DESTINATION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
DESCRIPTION
Export a Compute Engine virtual machine instance's configuration to a file.
EXAMPLES
A virtual machine can be exported by running:
$ gcloud 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
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can be set in other ways.
To set the project attribute:
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◆ provide the argument instance on the command line with a fully
specified name;
◆ set the property core/project;
◆ provide the argument --project on the command line.
This must be specified.
INSTANCE
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ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.
To set the instance attribute:
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▸ provide the argument instance on the command line.
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This positional argument must be specified if any of the other
arguments in this group are specified.
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--zone=ZONE
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The name of the Google Compute Engine zone.
To set the zone attribute:
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▸ 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/v1 API. The full documentation for this API
can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/
NOTES
These variants are also available:
$ gcloud alpha compute instances export
$ gcloud beta compute instances export