.TH "GCLOUD_ALLOYDB_INSTANCES_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alloydb instances describe \- describes an AlloyDB instance within a given cluster



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alloydb instances describe\fR \fIINSTANCE\fR \fB\-\-cluster\fR=\fICLUSTER\fR \fB\-\-region\fR=\fIREGION\fR [\fB\-\-view\fR=\fIVIEW\fR] [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

Describes an AlloyDB instance within a given cluster.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To describe an instance, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alloydb instances describe my\-instance \e
    \-\-cluster=my\-cluster \-\-region=us\-central1 \-\-view=BASIC/FULL
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIINSTANCE\fR

AlloyDB instance ID


.RE
.sp

.SH "REQUIRED FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-cluster\fR=\fICLUSTER\fR

AlloyDB cluster ID

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-region\fR=\fIREGION\fR

Regional location (e.g. \f5asia\-east1\fR, \f5us\-east1\fR). See the full list
of regions at https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/instance\-locations.


.RE
.sp

.SH "OPTIONAL FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-view\fR=\fIVIEW\fR

View of the instance to return. \fIVIEW\fR must be one of: \fBbasic\fR,
\fBfull\fR.


.RE
.sp

.SH "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 \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "NOTES"

These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha alloydb instances describe
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta alloydb instances describe
.RE