doctl compute action
Generated on 23 Jun 2025
from doctl version
v1.131.0
Description
The sub-commands of doctl compute action retrieve the history of actions taken on your resources.
You can retrieve information for a specific action by adding the action’s ID as an argument. For example, while doctl compute action list lists all of the actions taken on all of the resources in your account, doctl compute action get <action-id> retrieves details for a specific action. Additionally, you can use --action-type flag to filter the list of actions by type. For example, doctl compute action list --action-type power_on lists all of the actions that powered on a resource.
Flags
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--help, -h |
Help for this command |
Related Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| doctl compute | Display commands that manage infrastructure |
| doctl compute action get | Retrieve details about a specific action |
| doctl compute action list | Retrieve a list of all recent actions taken on your resources |
| doctl compute action wait | Block thread until an action completes |
Global Flags
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--access-token, -t |
API V2 access token |
--api-url, -u |
Override default API endpoint |
--config, -c |
Specify a custom config file Default: |
--context |
Specify a custom authentication context name |
--http-retry-max |
Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
Default: 5 |
--http-retry-wait-max |
Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 30 |
--http-retry-wait-min |
Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
Default: 1 |
--interactive |
Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
Default: false |
--output, -o |
Desired output format [text|json] Default: text |
--trace |
Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: false |
--verbose, -v |
Enable verbose output Default: false |