gcloud pubsub lite-subscriptions create

NAME
gcloud pubsub lite-subscriptions create - create a Pub/Sub Lite subscription
SYNOPSIS
gcloud pubsub lite-subscriptions createSUBSCRIPTION--topic=TOPIC[--delivery-requirement=DELIVERY_REQUIREMENT; default="deliver-immediately"][--location=LOCATION][--event-time=EVENT_TIME    |--publish-time=PUBLISH_TIME    |--starting-offset=STARTING_OFFSET; default="end"][--export-pubsub-topic=EXPORT_PUBSUB_TOPIC :--export-dead-letter-topic=EXPORT_DEAD_LETTER_TOPIC--export-desired-state=EXPORT_DESIRED_STATE; default="active"][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
Create a Pub/Sub Lite subscription.
EXAMPLES
To create a Pub/Sub Lite subscription, run:
gcloudpubsublite-subscriptionscreatemysubscription--location=us-central1-a--topic=mytopic

To create a Pub/Sub Lite subscription at the offset of the oldest retainedmessage, run:

gcloudpubsublite-subscriptionscreatemysubscription--location=us-central1-a--topic=mytopic--starting-offset=beginning

To create a Pub/Sub Lite subscription that exports messages from a Pub/Sub Litetopic to a Pub/Sub topic, run:

gcloudpubsublite-subscriptionscreatemysubscription--location=us-central1-a--topic=mytopic--export-pubsub-topic=pubsubtopic
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
SUBSCRIPTION
Subscription ID.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--topic=TOPIC
Topic ID associated with the subscription.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--delivery-requirement=DELIVERY_REQUIREMENT; default="deliver-immediately"
When this subscription should send messages to subscribers relative to messagespersistence in storage. Seehttps://cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/subscriptions#creating_lite_subscriptionsfor more info.DELIVERY_REQUIREMENT must be one of:deliver-after-stored,deliver-immediately.
Location resource - Identifies the Cloud zone this command will be executed on.This represents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given argumentsin this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argument--location on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--zone on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.
--location=LOCATION
ID of the location or fully qualified identifier for the location.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argument--location on the command line;
  • provide the argument--zone on the command line.
At most one of these can be specified:
--event-time=EVENT_TIME
The event time to which you seek a subscription. The subscription seeks to thefirst message with event time greater than or equal to the specified event time.Messages missing an event time use publish time as a fallback. As event timesare user supplied, subsequent messages may have event times less than thespecified event time and must be filtered by the client, if necessary. Run $gcloud topic datetimes forinformation on time formats.
--publish-time=PUBLISH_TIME
The publish time to which you seek a subscription. Messages with publish timegreater than or equal to the specified time are delivered after the seekoperation. Run $gcloud topicdatetimes for information on time formats.
--starting-offset=STARTING_OFFSET; default="end"
The offset at which a newly created or seeked subscription starts receivingmessages. A subscription can be initialized at the offset of the oldest retainedmessage (beginning), or at the current HEAD offset(end).STARTING_OFFSET must be one of:beginning,end.
--export-pubsub-topic=EXPORT_PUBSUB_TOPIC
The name of the destination Pub/Sub topic to which messages are exported. Mustbe the topic's fully specified path if it is not in the same project as thesubscription to be created.
--export-dead-letter-topic=EXPORT_DEAD_LETTER_TOPIC
The name of the Pub/Sub Lite topic to write messages that cannot be exported.Must be in the same project and location as the subscription to be created. Notethat this is a Lite topic.
--export-desired-state=EXPORT_DESIRED_STATE; default="active"
The desired state of the export. Process messages by setting the value to ACTIVEor pause message processing by setting the value to PAUSED.EXPORT_DESIRED_STATE must be one of:active,paused.
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 thepubsublite/v1 API. The full documentation forthis API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs
NOTES
These variants are also available:
gcloudalphapubsublite-subscriptionscreate
gcloudbetapubsublite-subscriptionscreate

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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.