gcloud parametermanager parameters create

NAME
gcloud parametermanager parameters create - creates a Parameter Manager parameter
SYNOPSIS
gcloud parametermanager parameters createPARAMETER[--labels=[LABELS,…]][--location=LOCATION][--parameter-format=PARAMETER_FORMAT][--request-id=REQUEST_ID][--kms-key=KMS_KEY :--key-ring=KEY_RING][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
Creates a parameter resource with the specified name and properties. If aparameter of the given name already exists, this command will return an error.
EXAMPLES
To create a parametermy-parameter in locationglobalrun:
gcloudparametermanagerparameterscreatemy-parameter--location=global
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Parameter resource - Identifier. [Output only] The resource name of theParameter in the formatprojects/*/locations/*/parameters/*. Thisrepresents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments inthis group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentparameter on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argumentparameter on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line.

This must be specified.

PARAMETER
ID of the parameter or fully qualified identifier for the parameter.

To set theparameter attribute:

  • provide the argumentparameter on the command line.
FLAGS
--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 [parameter, kms-key], provides fallback value for resourcelocation attribute. When the resource's full URI path is not provided, locationwill fallback to this flag value.
--parameter-format=PARAMETER_FORMAT
Specifies the format of a Parameter.PARAMETER_FORMATmust be one of:
json
JSON format.
unformatted
Unformatted.
yaml
YAML format.
--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 kms key.
CryptoKey resource - Customer managed encryption key (CMEK) to use forencrypting the Parameter Versions. If not set, the default Google-managedencryption key will be used. Cloud KMS CryptoKeys must reside in the samelocation as the Parameter. The expected format isprojects/*/locations/*/keyRings/*/cryptoKeys/*. The arguments inthis group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argument--kms-key on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argument--kms-key on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line.
--kms-key=KMS_KEY
ID of the cryptoKey or fully qualified identifier for the cryptoKey.

To set thecrypto-key attribute:

  • provide the argument--kms-key on the command line.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--key-ring=KEY_RING
The keyRing id of the cryptoKey resource.

To set thekey-ring attribute:

  • provide the argument--kms-key on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--key-ring on the command line.
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 theparametermanager/v1 API. The fulldocumentation for this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/parameter-manager/docs/overview

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Last updated 2025-08-19 UTC.