gcloud alpha compute instances start

gcloud alpha compute instances start - start a stopped virtual machine instance

gcloud alpha compute instances start INSTANCE_NAMES [INSTANCE_NAMES …] [--async] [--csek-key-file=FILE] [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

INSTANCE_NAMES [INSTANCE_NAMES …]

Names of the instances to operate on. 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

--async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

--csek-key-file=FILE

Path to a Customer-Supplied Encryption Key (CSEK) key file that maps Compute Engine resources to user managed keys to be used when creating, mounting, or taking snapshots of disks.

If you pass - as value of the flag, the CSEK is read from stdin. See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/customer-supplied-encryption for more details.

--zone=ZONE

Zone of the instances to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only). gcloud attempts to identify the appropriate zone by searching for resources in your currently active project. If the zone cannot be determined, gcloud prompts you for a selection with all available Google Cloud Platform zones.

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, the user can set the compute/zone property:

gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

gcloud compute zones list

To unset the property, run:

gcloud config unset compute/zone

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

Run $ gcloud help for details.