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- NAME
- gcloud alpha lustre instances create - creates a Managed Lustre instance
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha lustre instances createINSTANCE--capacity-gib=CAPACITY_GIB--filesystem=FILESYSTEM--network=NETWORK[--async][--description=DESCRIPTION][--gke-support-enabled][--kms-key=KMS_KEY][--labels=[LABELS,…]][--location=LOCATION][--per-unit-storage-throughput=PER_UNIT_STORAGE_THROUGHPUT][--placement-policy=PLACEMENT_POLICY][--request-id=REQUEST_ID][--source-backup=SOURCE_BACKUP][[--default-squash-mode=DEFAULT_SQUASH_MODE:--access-rules=[accessMode=ACCESSMODE],[ipAddressRanges=IPADDRESSRANGES],[mountableSubdirectories=MOUNTABLESUBDIRECTORIES],[name=NAME],[squashGid=SQUASHGID],[squashMode=SQUASHMODE],[squashUid=SQUASHUID]--default-squash-gid=DEFAULT_SQUASH_GID--default-squash-uid=DEFAULT_SQUASH_UID]][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)Creates a Managed Lustre instance.- EXAMPLES
- To create an instance
my-instancein locationus-central1-awith 18000 Gib capacity run:gcloudalphalustreinstancescreatemy-instance--capacity-gib=18000--location=us-central1-a--network=projects/my-project/global/networks/default--filesystem=lustrefs--per-unit-storage-throughput=1000 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- Instance resource - Identifier. The name of the instance. This represents aCloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group butcan be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
instanceon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
To set the
locationattribute:- provide the argument
instanceon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
This must be specified.
INSTANCE- ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:- provide the argument
instanceon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Instance resource - Identifier. The name of the instance. This represents aCloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group butcan be set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
--capacity-gib=CAPACITY_GIB- The storage capacity of the instance in gibibytes (GiB). Allowed values are from
9000to7632000, depending on theperUnitStorageThroughput. SeePerformancetiers and maximum storage capacities for specific minimums, maximums, andstep sizes for each performance tier. --filesystem=FILESYSTEM- The filesystem name for this instance. This name is used by client-side tools,including when mounting the instance. Must be eight characters or less and canonly contain letters and numbers.
- Network resource - The full name of the VPC network to which the instance isconnected. Must be in the format
projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network_name}. Thisrepresents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments inthis group but can be set in other ways.To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
--networkon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
--network=NETWORK- ID of the network or fully qualified identifier for the network.
To set the
networkattribute:- provide the argument
--networkon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--description=DESCRIPTION- A user-readable description of the instance.
--gke-support-enabled- Indicates whether you want to enable support for GKE clients. By default, GKEclients are not supported. Deprecated. No longer required for GKE instancecreation.
--kms-key=KMS_KEY- The Cloud KMS key name to use for data encryption. If not set, the instance willuse Google-managed encryption keys. If set, the instance will usecustomer-managed encryption keys. The key must be in the same region as theinstance. The key format is:projects/{project}/locations/{location}/keyRings/{key_ring}/cryptoKeys/{key}
--labels=[LABELS,…]- Labels as key value pairs.
KEY- Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens(
-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, andnumbers. VALUE- Values must contain only hyphens (
-), underscores (_),lowercase characters, and numbers.
Shorthand Example:--labels=string=string
JSON Example:--labels='{"string": "string"}'
File Example:--labels=path_to_file.(yaml|json)
--location=LOCATION- For resources [instance, source-backup], provides fallback value for resourcelocation attribute. When the resource's full URI path is not provided, locationwill fallback to this flag value.
--per-unit-storage-throughput=PER_UNIT_STORAGE_THROUGHPUT- The throughput of the instance in MBps per TiB. Valid values are 125, 250, 500,1000. SeePerformancetiers and maximum storage capacities for more information.
--placement-policy=PLACEMENT_POLICY- The placement policy name for the instance in the format ofprojects/{project}/locations/{location}/resourcePolicies/{resource_policy}
--request-id=REQUEST_ID- An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so thatif you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if ithas already been completed. The server will guarantee that for at least 60minutes since the first request.
For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and therequest times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, theserver can check if original operation with the same request ID was received,and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients fromaccidentally creating duplicate commitments.
The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is notsupported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).
- Arguments for the source backup.
- Backup resource - The source backup used to create the instance. Only set thisfield if the instance is being created from a backup. Format:projects/{project}/locations/{location}/backups/{backup} This represents a Cloudresource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but canbe set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
--source-backupon the command line with afully specified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
To set the
locationattribute:- provide the argument
--source-backupon the command line with afully specified name; - provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
- provide the argument
--source-backup=SOURCE_BACKUP- ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.
To set the
backupattribute:- provide the argument
--source-backupon the command line.
- provide the argument
- IP-based access rules for the Managed Lustre instance. These options define theroot user squash configuration.
--default-squash-mode=DEFAULT_SQUASH_MODE- The squash mode for the default access rule.
DEFAULT_SQUASH_MODEmust be one of:no-squash- Squash is disabled.
If set inside an[AccessRule][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.AccessRule], rootusers matching the [ip_ranges][AccessRule.ip_ranges] are not squashed.
If set as the[default_squash_mode][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.default_squash_mode],root squash is disabled for this instance.
If the default squash mode is
NO_SQUASH, do not set the[default_squash_uid][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.default_squash_uid]or[default_squash_gid][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.default_squash_gid],or aninvalid argumenterror is returned. root-squash- Root user squash is enabled.
Not supported inside an[AccessRule][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.AccessRule].
If set as the[default_squash_mode][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.default_squash_mode],root users not matching any of the[access_rules][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.access_rules] aresquashed to the[default_squash_uid][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.default_squash_uid]and[default_squash_gid][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.default_squash_gid].
--access-rules=[accessMode=ACCESSMODE],[ipAddressRanges=IPADDRESSRANGES],[mountableSubdirectories=MOUNTABLESUBDIRECTORIES],[name=NAME],[squashGid=SQUASHGID],[squashMode=SQUASHMODE],[squashUid=SQUASHUID]- The access rules for the instance.
accessMode- The access mode for the access rule nodemap. Default is[READ_WRITE][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.AccessRule.AccessMode.READ_WRITE].
ipAddressRanges- The IP address ranges to which to apply this access rule. Acceptsnon-overlapping CIDR ranges (e.g.,
192.168.1.0/24) and IP addresses(e.g.,192.168.1.0). mountableSubdirectories- The list of non-root directories that can be mounted from clients in this NIDrange subset. Currently, there can be only a single directory at most. If nodirectory is mentioned, then the root directory will be accessible.
name- The name of the access rule policy group. Must be 16 characters or less andinclude only alphanumeric characters or '
'. squashGid- Squash GID for the access rule. If the squash mode for this rule is[ROOT_SQUASH][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.SquashMode.ROOT_SQUASH],root users matching the[ip_address_ranges][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.AccessRule.ip_address_ranges]are squashed to this GID. Defaults to 0 (no root squash).
squashMode- Squash mode for the access rule.
squashUid- Squash UID for the access rule. If the squash mode for this rule is[ROOT_SQUASH][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.SquashMode.ROOT_SQUASH],root users matching the[ip_address_ranges][google.cloud.lustre.v1alpha.AccessRulesOptions.AccessRule.ip_address_ranges]are squashed to this UID. Defaults to 0 (no root squash).
Shorthand Example:--access-rules=accessMode=string,ipAddressRanges=[string],mountableSubdirectories=[string],name=string,squashGid=int,squashMode=string,squashUid=int--access-rules=accessMode=string,ipAddressRanges=[string],mountableSubdirectories=[string],name=string,squashGid=int,squashMode=string,squashUid=int
JSON Example:--access-rules='[{"accessMode": "string", "ipAddressRanges": ["string"], "mountableSubdirectories": ["string"], "name": "string", "squashGid": int, "squashMode": "string", "squashUid": int}]'
File Example:--access-rules=path_to_file.(yaml|json)
--default-squash-gid=DEFAULT_SQUASH_GID- The user squash GID for the default access rule. This user squash GID applies toall root users connecting from clients that are not matched by any of the accessrules. If not set, the default is 0 (no GID squash).
--default-squash-uid=DEFAULT_SQUASH_UID- The user squash UID for the default access rule. This user squash UID applies toall root users connecting from clients that are not matched by any of the accessrules. If not set, the default is 0 (no UID squash).
- 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. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the
lustre/v1alphaAPI. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/managed-lustre/docs - 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. This variant is also available:
gcloudlustreinstancescreate
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Last updated 2026-02-10 UTC.