gcloud alpha spanner instances create - create a Cloud Spanner instance
gcloud alpha spanner instances create INSTANCE --config=CONFIG --description=DESCRIPTION [--async] [--expire-behavior=EXPIRE_BEHAVIOR] [--instance-type=INSTANCE_TYPE] [--nodes=NODES | --processing-units=PROCESSING_UNITS] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
(ALPHA) Create a Cloud Spanner instance.
To create a Cloud Spanner instance, run:
$ gcloud alpha spanner instances create my-instance-id \ --config=regional-us-east1 \ --description=my-instance-display-name --nodes=3
- INSTANCE
Cloud Spanner instance ID.
- --config=CONFIG
Instance configuration defines the geographic placement and replication of the databases in that instance. Available configurations can be found by running "gcloud spanner instance-configs list"
- --description=DESCRIPTION
Description of the instance.
- --async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
- --expire-behavior=EXPIRE_BEHAVIOR
The expire behavior of a free trial instance. EXPIRE_BEHAVIOR must be one of:
- free-to-provisioned
When the free trial instance expires, upgrade the instance to a provisioned instance.
- remove-after-grace-period
When the free trial instance expires, disable the instance, and delete it after the grace period passes if it has not been upgraded to a provisioned instance.
- --instance-type=INSTANCE_TYPE
Specifies the type for this instance. INSTANCE_TYPE must be one of:
- free-instance
Free trial instances provide no guarantees for dedicated resources, both node_count and processing_units should be 0. They come with stricter usage limits and limited support.
- provisioned
Provisioned instances have dedicated resources, standard usage limits, and support.
- At most one of these can be specified:
- --nodes=NODES
Number of nodes for the instance.
- --processing-units=PROCESSING_UNITS
Number of processing units for the instance.
These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.
Run $ gcloud help for details.
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist. These variants are also available:
$ gcloud spanner instances create
$ gcloud beta spanner instances create