gcutil --help (version 1.8.2)

gcutil --help

Command line tool for interacting with Google Compute Engine.

Please refer to http://developers.google.com/compute/docs/gcutil/tips for more
information about gcutil usage.


USAGE: gcutil [--global_flags] <command> [--command_flags] [args]



Global flags:

apiclient.model:
  --[no]dump_request_response: Dump all http server requests and responses.
    (default: 'false')

gcutil.auth_helper:
  --auth_service_account: Service account to use for automatic authorization.
    Empty string disables automatic authorization.
    (default: 'default')
  --authorization_uri_base: The base URI for authorization requests
    (default: 'https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2')
  --credentials_file: File where user authorization credentials are stored.
    (default: '~/.gcutil_auth')

gcutil.command_base:
  --api_host: API host name
    (default: 'https://www.googleapis.com/')
  --concurrent_operations: The maximum number of concurrent operations to have
    in progress at once. Increasing this number will probably result in hitting
    rate limits.
    (default: '10')
    (an integer in the range [1, 20])
  --[no]fetch_discovery: If true, grab the API description from the discovery
    API.
    (default: 'false')
  --format: <table|sparse|json|csv|names>: Format for command output. Options
    include:
    table: formatted table output
    sparse: simpler table output
    json: raw json output (formerly --print_json)
    csv: csv format with header
    names: list of resource names only, no header
    (default: 'table')
  --long_values_display_format: <elided|full>: The display preference for long
    table values.
    (default: 'elided')
  --max_wait_time: The maximum time to wait for an asynchronous operation to
    complete in seconds.
    (default: '240')
    (an integer in the range [30, 1200])
  --[no]print_json: Output JSON instead of tabular format. Deprecated, use
    --format=json.
    (default: 'false')
  --project: The name of the Google Compute Engine project.
  --project_id: The name of the Google Compute Engine project. Deprecated, use
    --project instead.
  --service_version: <v1beta14|v1beta15>: Google computation service version.
    (default: 'v1beta15')
  --sleep_between_polls: The time to sleep between polls to the server in
    seconds.
    (default: '3')
    (an integer in the range [1, 600])
  --[no]synchronous_mode: If false, return immediately after posting a request.
    (default: 'true')
  --trace_token: Trace the API requests using a trace token provided by Google.

gcutil.flags_cache:
  --[no]cache_flag_values: If true, cache all specified flag values in the file
    specified by the "cached_flags_file" flag.
    (default: 'false')
  --cached_flags_file: File storing a cache of gcutil flag values. If the name
    does not contain a path separator it will be searched in the current working
    directory and up to "/", as well as the user's home directory. The first
    matching file will be used and no merging is done upstream. Use the
    "cache_flag_values" flag to persist the current flags.
    (default: '.gcutil.flags')

gcutil.gcutil_logging:
  --library_log_level: <DEBUG|INFO|WARNING|ERROR|CRITICAL>: Logging output level
    for libraries.
    (default: 'WARNING')
  --log_level: <DEBUG|INFO|WARNING|ERROR|CRITICAL>: Logging output level for
    core Google Compute Engine messages. For logging output from other
    libraries, use library_log_level.
    (default: 'INFO')

gcutil.ssh_keys:
  --private_key_file: The location of the default (generated) private ssh key
    for use with Google Cloud Compute instances.
    (default: '/home/cftdev/.ssh/google_compute_engine')
  --public_key_file: The location of the default (generated) public ssh key for
    use with Google Cloud Compute instances.
    (default: '/home/cftdev/.ssh/google_compute_engine.pub')
  --ssh_user: The default ssh user for the instance.
    (default: 'cftdev')

gcutil.version_checker:
  --[no]check_for_new_version: Perform an update check.
    (default: 'true')

google.apputils.app:
  -?,--[no]help: show this help
  --[no]helpshort: show usage only for this module
  --[no]helpxml: like --help, but generates XML output
  --[no]run_with_pdb: Set to true for PDB debug mode
    (default: 'false')
  --[no]run_with_profiling: Set to true for profiling the script. Execution will
    be slower, and the output format might change over time.
    (default: 'false')
  --[no]show_build_data: show build data and exit
  --[no]use_cprofile_for_profiling: Use cProfile instead of the profile module
    for profiling. This has no effect unless --run_with_profiling is set.
    (default: 'true')

oauth2client.tools:
  --auth_host_name: Host name to use when running a local web server to handle
    redirects during OAuth authorization.
    (default: 'localhost')
  --auth_host_port: Port to use when running a local web server to handle
    redirects during OAuth authorization.;
    repeat this option to specify a list of values
    (default: '[8080, 8090]')
    (an integer)
  --[no]auth_local_webserver: Run a local web server to handle redirects during
    OAuth authorization.
    (default: 'false')

oauth2client.util:
  --positional_parameters_enforcement: <EXCEPTION|WARNING|IGNORE>: The action
    when an oauth2client.util.positional declaration is violated.
    (default: 'WARNING')

gflags:
  --flagfile: Insert flag definitions from the given file into the command line.
    (default: '')
  --undefok: comma-separated list of flag names that it is okay to specify on
    the command line even if the program does not define a flag with that name.
    IMPORTANT: flags in this list that have arguments MUST use the --flag=value
    format.
    (default: '')

Run 'gcutil help' to see the list of available commands.
Run 'gcutil help <command>' to get help for <command>.