NAME

gcloud monitoring dashboards create - create a new Cloud Monitoring dashboard

SYNOPSIS

gcloud monitoring dashboards create (--config=CONFIG | --config-from-file=CONFIG_FROM_FILE) [--validate-only] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

Create a new Monitoring dashboard. A dashboard can be specified as a JSON/YAML value passed in as a string through the --config flag or as a file through the --config-from-file flag. Validate a dashboard config without saving by setting the --validate-only flag.

For information about the format of a dashboard: https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/ref_v3/rest/v1/projects.dashboards

EXAMPLES

To create a dashboard with a YAML config, run:

$ gcloud monitoring dashboards create --config=''' displayName: New Dashboard gridLayout: widgets: - text: content: Hello World '''

To validate a dashboard and not save it, run:

$ gcloud monitoring dashboards create --validate-only --config=''' displayName: New Dashboard gridLayout: widgets: - text: content: Hello World '''

To create a dashboard with a JSON config, run:

$ gcloud monitoring dashboards create --config=''' { "displayName": "New Dashboard", "gridLayout": { "widgets": [ { "text": { "content": "Hello World", } } ] }, } '''

To create a dashboard with a specific dashboard ID, run:

$ gcloud monitoring dashboards create --config=''' name: projects/MY-PROJECT/dashboards/MY-DASHBOARD displayName: New Dashboard gridLayout: widgets: - text: content: Hello World '''

To create a dashboard within a specific project, run:

$ gcloud monitoring dashboards create --project=MY-PROJECT \ --config=''' displayName: New Dashboard gridLayout: widgets: - text: content: Hello World '''

To create a dashboard with a file, run:

$ gcloud monitoring dashboards create --config-from-file=MY-FILE

Sample contents of MY-FILE:

displayName: New Dashboard gridLayout: widgets: - text: content: Hello World

REQUIRED FLAGS

Exactly one of these must be specified:
--config=CONFIG

Dashboard configuration, in either JSON or YAML format, as a string.

--config-from-file=CONFIG_FROM_FILE

Path to a JSON or YAML file containing the dashboard configuration.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--validate-only

When set, validate the dashboard but do not save it.

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 monitoring/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/

NOTES

These variants are also available:

$ gcloud alpha monitoring dashboards create

$ gcloud beta monitoring dashboards create