gcloud compute instances update-access-config INSTANCE_NAME [--network-interface=NETWORK_INTERFACE; default="nic0"] [--zone=ZONE] [--no-ipv6-public-ptr | --ipv6-public-ptr-domain=IPV6_PUBLIC_PTR_DOMAIN] [--public-ptr | --no-public-ptr] [--public-ptr-domain=PUBLIC_PTR_DOMAIN | --no-public-ptr-domain] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
gcloud compute instances update-access-config is used to update
access configurations for network interfaces of Compute Engine virtual machines.
IPv4 and IPv6 access configurations cannot be updated together.
gcloud compute instances update-access-config example-instance --network-interface=nic0 --zone=us-central1-b --public-ptr --public-ptr-domain=exampledomain.com.To update public PTR record in IPv6 access config in default network interface 'nic0' of an instance, run:
gcloud compute instances update-access-config example-instance --zone=us-central1-b --ipv6-public-ptr-domain=exampledomain.com.INSTANCE_NAME--network-interface=NETWORK_INTERFACE; default="nic0"--zone=ZONEgcloud 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
property:
compute/zone
gcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zoneCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.
At most one of these can be specified:
--no-ipv6-public-ptr--ipv6-public-ptr-domain=IPV6_PUBLIC_PTR_DOMAINnic0.
--public-ptr--no-public-ptr--public-ptr-domain=PUBLIC_PTR_DOMAIN--no-public-ptr-domain--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.
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.