doctl compute image update

Generated on 10 Jun 2025 from doctl version v1.130.0

Usage

doctl compute image update <image-id> [flags]

Description

Updates an image’s metadata, including its name, description, and distribution.

Example

The following example updates the name of an image with the ID 386734086 to New Image Name:

doctl compute image update 386734086 --name "Example Image Name"

Flags

Option Description
--format Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: ID, Name, Type, Distribution, Slug, Public, MinDisk, Created.
--help, -h Help for this command
--image-name The name of the image to update (required)
--no-header Return raw data with no headers
Default: false
Command Description
doctl compute image Display commands to manage images

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

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