- NAME
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- gcloud alpha managed-kafka clusters describe - describe a Managed Service for Apache Kafka cluster
 
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha managed-kafka clusters describe(CLUSTER:--location=LOCATION) [--full-view] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
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- DESCRIPTION
- 
(ALPHA)Describe a Managed Service for Apache Kafka cluster.
- EXAMPLES
- 
To describe a cluster named mycluster located in us-central1, run the following:
gcloud alpha managed-kafka clusters describe mycluster --location=us-central1
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- 
Cluster resource - Identifies the cluster for details to be displayed. 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 can be set in
other ways.
To set the projectattribute:- 
provide the argument clusteron the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --projecton the command line;
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set the property core/project.
 This must be specified. - CLUSTER
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ID of the cluster or fully qualified identifier for the cluster.
To set the clusterattribute:- 
provide the argument clusteron the command line.
 This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. 
- 
provide the argument 
- --location=- LOCATION
- 
ID of the location of the Managed Service for Apache Kafka resource. See https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/locations
for a list of supported locations.
To set the locationattribute:- 
provide the argument clusteron the command line with a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --locationon the command line.
 
- 
provide the argument 
 
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provide the argument 
 
- 
Cluster resource - Identifies the cluster for details to be displayed. 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 can be set in
other ways.
- FLAGS
- 
- --full-view
- Whether full cluster view is returned. If provided, the cluster view will include everything, including data fetched from the Kafka cluster source of truth. If not provided, the API will default to the basic view that only includes the basic metadata of the cluster.
 
- 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 helpfor details.
- API REFERENCE
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This command uses the managedkafka/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs
- NOTES
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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. These variants are also available:
gcloud managed-kafka clusters describegcloud beta managed-kafka clusters describe
      gcloud alpha managed-kafka clusters describe
  
  
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Last updated 2025-06-17 UTC.