gcloud compute firewall-rules describe

NAME

gcloud compute firewall-rules describe - describe a Compute Engine firewall rule

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute firewall-rules describe NAME [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

gcloud compute firewall-rules describe displays all data associated with a Compute Engine firewall rule in a project.

EXAMPLES

To describe a firewall rule, run:

gcloud compute firewall-rules describe my-firewall-rule

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

NAME: Name of the firewall rule to describe.

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.

NOTES

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha compute firewall-rules describe

gcloud beta compute firewall-rules describe

gcloud preview compute firewall-rules describe

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.