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doctl compute snapshot get

Generated on 9 Apr 2025 from doctl version v1.124.0

Usage

doctl compute snapshot get <snapshot-id>... [flags]

Retrieves information about a Droplet or block storage volume snapshot, including:

The snapshot’s ID
The snapshot’s name
The date and time when the snapshot was created
The slugs of the datacenter regions in which the snapshot is available
The type of resource the snapshot was made from (either from Droplet or volume) and its ID
The minimum size required for a Droplet or volume to use this snapshot, in GB
The compressed, billable size of the snapshot

The following example retrieves information about a Droplet snapshot with ID 386734086:

doctl compute snapshot get 386734086

Option	Description
`--format`	Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: `ID`, `Name`, `CreatedAt`, `Regions`, `ResourceId`, `ResourceType`, `MinDiskSize`, `Size`, `Tags`.
`--help`, `-h`	Help for this command
`--no-header`	Return raw data with no headers Default: `false`

Command	Description
doctl compute snapshot	Access and manage snapshots

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`