gcloud alpha compute instance-groups unmanaged create

NAME
gcloud alpha compute instance-groups unmanaged create - create a Compute Engine unmanaged instance group
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute instance-groups unmanaged createNAME[--description=DESCRIPTION][--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)gcloud alpha compute instance-groups unmanagedcreate creates a new Compute Engine unmanaged instance group. Forexample:
gcloudalphacomputeinstance-groupsunmanagedcreateexample-instance-group--zoneus-central1-a

The above example creates one unmanaged instance group called'example-instance-group' in theus-central1-a zone.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
NAME
Name of the instance group to create.
FLAGS
--description=DESCRIPTION
Specifies a textual description for the unmanaged instance group.
--zone=ZONE
Zone of the instance group to create. If not specified and thecompute/zone property isn't set, you mightbe prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set thecompute/zone property:

gcloudconfigsetcompute/zoneZONE

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputezoneslist

To unset the property, run:

gcloudconfigunsetcompute/zone

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variableCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

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.

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:
gcloudcomputeinstance-groupsunmanagedcreate
gcloudbetacomputeinstance-groupsunmanagedcreate

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.