NAME

gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create - create a new Cloud TPU VM node

SYNOPSIS

gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create (TPU : --zone=ZONE) --version=VERSION [--accelerator-type=ACCELERATOR_TYPE; default="v2-8"] [--async] [--data-disk=DATA_DISK] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--internal-ips] [--labels=[LABELS,...]] [--metadata=[METADATA,...]] [--metadata-from-file=[METADATA_FROM_FILE,...]] [--network=NETWORK; default="default"] [--preemptible] [--range=RANGE] [--reserved] [--scopes=[SCOPES,...]] [--service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT] [--shielded-secure-boot] [--subnetwork=SUBNETWORK] [--tags=[TAGS,...]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

Create a new Cloud TPU VM node.

EXAMPLES

To create a TPU VM node with ID my-tpu in the default user project, network and compute/zone (with other defaults supplied by API), run:

$ gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create my-tpu

To create a TPU VM node in a specific network, run:

$ gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create my-tpu --zone=us-central1-a \ --network=my-tf-network --description='My TPU VM' \ --version='v2-alpha'

To create a small TPU VM v2 pod, run:

$ gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create my-tpu --zone=us-central1-a \ --accelerator-type='v2-32' --description='My TPU VM' \ --version='v2-alpha'

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Tpu resource - Name of the Cloud TPU VM node to create. The arguments in this

group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the project attribute:

provide the argument tpu on the command line with a fully specified name;

provide the argument --project on the command line;

set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

TPU

ID of the tpu or fully qualified identifier for the tpu. To set the tpu attribute:

  • provide the argument tpu on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--zone=ZONE

Zone of the Cloud TPU.

If not specified, will use default compute/zone.

To set the zone attribute:

  • provide the argument tpu on the command line with a fully specified name;

  • provide the argument --zone on the command line;

  • set the property compute/zone.

REQUIRED FLAGS

--version=VERSION

Runtime version for the TPU, such as 2.3.

For a list of available versions run:

gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm versions list

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--accelerator-type=ACCELERATOR_TYPE; default="v2-8"

TPU accelerator type for the TPU. If not specified, this defaults to v2-8.

For a list of available accelerator types run:

gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm accelerator-types list

--async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

--data-disk=DATA_DISK

Additional data disks for the TPU VM.

This flag must be repeated to provide multiple data disks. For example:

$ gcloud compute tpus tpu-vm create \ --data-disk \ source=projects/my-project/zones/us-central1-c/disks/my-disk,\ mode=read-only

The following keys are allowed:

source

Specifies the full path to an existing disk. Required. The disk must be in the same zone.

mode

Specifies the mode in which to attach this disk. Valid options are 'read-write', 'read-only'. If not specified, the default is 'read-write'.

--description=DESCRIPTION

Text description of the TPU.

--internal-ips

Indicates that the IP addresses for the node should be internal. The default is that external IP addresses will be associated with the TPU workers.

--labels=[LABELS,...]

Resource labels to represent user-provided metadata. See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/labeling-resources for details.

--metadata=[METADATA,...]

List of comma-separated metadata key-value pairs for the Cloud TPU VM node.

--metadata-from-file=[METADATA_FROM_FILE,...]

Same as --metadata except the value for the entry will be read from a local file.

--network=NETWORK; default="default"

Network that this TPU will be a part of.

--preemptible

If provided, the TPU will be preemptible and time-limited. It may be preempted to free up resources for standard TPUs, and will only be able to run for a limited amount of time.

Preemptible TPUs cannot be restarted.

--range=RANGE

CIDR Range for the TPU.

The IP range that the TPU will select an IP address from. Must be in CIDR notation and a /29 range, for example 192.168.0.0/29. Errors will occur if the CIDR range has already been used for a currently existing TPU, the CIDR range conflicts with any networks in the user's provided network, or the provided network is peered with another network that is using that CIDR range.

--reserved

When specified, will attempt to create the TPU node under reservations made in the current project. The reservations can be made separately but used in aggregated form. i.e., the user can make a reservation of 128 V2 TPUs and later on make another reservation of 128 V2 TPUs then creates a v2-256 TPU instance. If there exists no reservation or not sufficient amount of reserved cores under the project, the request will fail due to lack of capacity.

--scopes=[SCOPES,...]

List of comma-separated scopes to be made available for the service account.

--service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT

Email address of the service account. If empty, default Google Compute Engine service account will be used.

--shielded-secure-boot

Specifies that the TPU instances are created with secure boot enabled. This implicitly makes them Shielded VM instances.

--subnetwork=SUBNETWORK

Subnetwork that this TPU will be a part of.

--tags=[TAGS,...]

Tags to apply to the TPU Node. Tags are used to identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls. See https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/add-remove-network-tags for more details.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

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.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the tpu/v2 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/tpu/

NOTES

This variant is also available:

$ gcloud alpha compute tpus tpu-vm create