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- NAME
- gcloud alpha bigtable clusters create - create a bigtable cluster
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha bigtable clusters create(CLUSTER:--instance=INSTANCE)--zone=ZONE[--async][--node-scaling-factor=NODE_SCALING_FACTOR; default="node-scaling-factor-1x"][--kms-key=KMS_KEY:--kms-keyring=KMS_KEYRING--kms-location=KMS_LOCATION--kms-project=KMS_PROJECT][--num-nodes=NUM_NODES; default=3 | [--autoscaling-cpu-target=AUTOSCALING_CPU_TARGET--autoscaling-max-nodes=AUTOSCALING_MAX_NODES--autoscaling-min-nodes=AUTOSCALING_MIN_NODES:--autoscaling-storage-target=AUTOSCALING_STORAGE_TARGET]][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)Create a bigtable cluster.- EXAMPLES
- To add a cluster in zone
us-east1-cto the instance with idmy-instance-id, run:gcloudalphabigtableclusterscreatemy-cluster-id--instance=my-instance-id--zone=us-east1-cTo add a cluster with
10nodes, run:gcloudalphabigtableclusterscreatemy-cluster-id--instance=my-instance-id--zone=us-east1-c--num-nodes=10 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- Cluster resource - The cluster to describe. The arguments in this group can beused to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are notgiven arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
clusteron the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
CLUSTER- ID of the cluster or fully qualified identifier for the cluster.
To set the
clusterattribute:- provide the argument
clusteron the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.
- provide the argument
--instance=INSTANCE- Bigtable instance for the cluster.
To set the
instanceattribute:- provide the argument
clusteron the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--instanceon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Cluster resource - The cluster to describe. The arguments in this group can beused to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are notgiven arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
--zone=ZONE- ID of the zone where the cluster is located. Supported zones are listed athttps://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/locations.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--node-scaling-factor=NODE_SCALING_FACTOR; default="node-scaling-factor-1x"- Node scaling factor for the cluster.
NODE_SCALING_FACTORmust be one of:node-scaling-factor-1x,node-scaling-factor-2x. - Key resource - The Cloud KMS (Key Management Service) cryptokey that will beused to protect the cluster. The arguments in this group can be used to specifythe attributes of this resource.
--kms-key=KMS_KEY- ID of the key or fully qualified identifier for the key.
To set the
kms-keyattribute:- provide the argument
--kms-keyon the command line.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
- provide the argument
--kms-keyring=KMS_KEYRING- The KMS keyring id of the key.
To set the
kms-keyringattribute:- provide the argument
--kms-keyon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--kms-keyringon the command line.
- provide the argument
--kms-location=KMS_LOCATION- The Cloud location for the key.
To set the
kms-locationattribute:- provide the argument
--kms-keyon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--kms-locationon the command line.
- provide the argument
--kms-project=KMS_PROJECT- The Cloud project id for the key.
To set the
kms-projectattribute:- provide the argument
--kms-keyon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--kms-projecton the command line.
- provide the argument
- At most one of these can be specified:
- Manual Scaling
--num-nodes=NUM_NODES; default=3- Number of nodes to serve.
- Autoscaling
--autoscaling-cpu-target=AUTOSCALING_CPU_TARGET- The target CPU utilization percentage for autoscaling. Accepted values are from10 to 80.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
--autoscaling-max-nodes=AUTOSCALING_MAX_NODES- The maximum number of nodes for autoscaling.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
--autoscaling-min-nodes=AUTOSCALING_MIN_NODES- The minimum number of nodes for autoscaling.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
--autoscaling-storage-target=AUTOSCALING_STORAGE_TARGET- The target storage utilization gibibytes per node for autoscaling. Acceptedvalues are from 2560 to 5120 for SSD clusters and 8192 to 16384 for HDDclusters.
- 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 helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudbigtableclusterscreategcloudbetabigtableclusterscreate
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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.