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NAME
gcloud compute instance-groups - read and manipulate Compute Engine instance groups
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute instance-groups GROUP | COMMAND [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
Read and manipulate Compute Engine instance groups.

To accommodate the differences between managed and unmanaged instances, some commands (such as delete) are in the managed or unmanaged subgroups.

For more information about instance groups, see the instance groups documentation.

See also: Instance groups API.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --help.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

GROUPS
GROUP is one of the following:
managed
Read and manipulate Compute Engine managed instance groups.
unmanaged
Read and manipulate Compute Engine unmanaged instance group.
COMMANDS
COMMAND is one of the following:
describe
Display detailed information about an instance group.
get-named-ports
Lists the named ports for an instance group resource.
list
List Google Compute Engine instance groups.
list-instances
List instances present in the instance group.
set-named-ports
Sets the list of named ports for an instance group.
NOTES
These variants are also available: 
gcloud alpha compute instance-groups
gcloud beta compute instance-groups
gcloud preview compute instance-groups
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

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