gcloud compute addresses list returns 0 results although I have external ephemeral addresses

Question

I have one google compute instance in my project with an external IP. A describe command on the instance shows me:

networkInterfaces:
- accessConfigs:
  - kind: compute#accessConfig
    name: External NAT
    natIP: xx.yyy.nnn.mmm
    networkTier: PREMIUM
    type: ONE_TO_ONE_NAT
  fingerprint: hjhjhjhjh=
  kind: compute#networkInterface
  name: nic0
  network: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/foo-201800/global/networks/default

However, when I run on the cloudshell.

$ gcloud config get-value project
Your active configuration is: [cloudshell-xxxx]
foo-201800

$ gcloud compute addresses list
Listed 0 items.

$ gcloud compute addresses list --global
Listed 0 items.

$ gcloud version
Google Cloud SDK 215.0.0
...snipped...

Are external ephemeral IP addresses not counted in the gcloud compute addresses execution ?

Answer 1

The ‘gcloud compute addresses’ command only counts static IP addresses assigned in a project. More specifically, you can read in the summary of the command the following description:

• 'gcloud compute addresses list': lists summary information of addresses in a project.

In the document about the compute engine IP addresses the definition about the static IP external address and the ephemeral IP address says the following:

• Static external IP addresses are assigned to a project

• Ephemeral external IP addresses are available to VM instances and forwarding rules.

The ephemeral IP are attached to a resources but not a project, when you use the command ‘gcloud compute addresses’ you are only listing the IP attached in a project; the static external IP.

Here you have an example to list the different types of IP address.

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