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- NAME
- gcloud pubsub subscriptions create - creates one or more Cloud Pub/Sub subscriptions
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud pubsub subscriptions createSUBSCRIPTION[SUBSCRIPTION…](--topic=TOPIC:--topic-project=TOPIC_PROJECT)[--ack-deadline=ACK_DEADLINE][--enable-exactly-once-delivery][--enable-message-ordering][--expiration-period=EXPIRATION_PERIOD][--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--message-filter=MESSAGE_FILTER][--message-retention-duration=MESSAGE_RETENTION_DURATION][--message-transforms-file=MESSAGE_TRANSFORMS_FILE][--retain-acked-messages][--tags=[KEY=VALUE,…]][[--bigquery-table=BIGQUERY_TABLE:--bigquery-service-account-email=BIGQUERY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL--drop-unknown-fields--write-metadata--use-table-schema|--use-topic-schema] | [--cloud-storage-bucket=CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET:--cloud-storage-file-datetime-format=CLOUD_STORAGE_FILE_DATETIME_FORMAT--cloud-storage-file-prefix=CLOUD_STORAGE_FILE_PREFIX--cloud-storage-file-suffix=CLOUD_STORAGE_FILE_SUFFIX--cloud-storage-max-bytes=CLOUD_STORAGE_MAX_BYTES--cloud-storage-max-duration=CLOUD_STORAGE_MAX_DURATION--cloud-storage-max-messages=CLOUD_STORAGE_MAX_MESSAGES--cloud-storage-output-format=OUTPUT_FORMAT; default="text"--cloud-storage-service-account-email=CLOUD_STORAGE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL--cloud-storage-use-topic-schema--cloud-storage-write-metadata]][--max-delivery-attempts=MAX_DELIVERY_ATTEMPTS[--dead-letter-topic=DEAD_LETTER_TOPIC:--dead-letter-topic-project=DEAD_LETTER_TOPIC_PROJECT]][--max-retry-delay=MAX_RETRY_DELAY--min-retry-delay=MIN_RETRY_DELAY][--push-auth-service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL--push-auth-token-audience=OPTIONAL_AUDIENCE_OVERRIDE--push-endpoint=PUSH_ENDPOINT[--push-no-wrapper:--push-no-wrapper-write-metadata]][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
- Creates one or more Cloud Pub/Sub subscriptions for a given topic. The newsubscription defaults to a PULL subscription unless a push endpoint isspecified.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
- Subscription resource - One or more subscriptions to create. 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
subscriptionon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
SUBSCRIPTION[SUBSCRIPTION…]- IDs of the subscriptions or fully qualified identifiers for the subscriptions.
To set the
subscriptionattribute:- provide the argument
subscriptionon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Subscription resource - One or more subscriptions to create. This represents aCloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group butcan be set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
- Topic resource - Name of the topic from which this subscription is receivingmessages. Each subscription is attached to a single topic. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.
This must be specified.
--topic=TOPIC- ID of the topic or fully qualified identifier for the topic.
To set the
topicattribute:- provide the argument
--topicon the command line.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
- provide the argument
--topic-project=TOPIC_PROJECT- Project ID of the Google Cloud project for the topic.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
--topicon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--topic-projecton the command line; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
- provide the argument
- Topic resource - Name of the topic from which this subscription is receivingmessages. Each subscription is attached to a single topic. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--ack-deadline=ACK_DEADLINE- The number of seconds the system will wait for a subscriber to acknowledgereceiving a message before re-attempting delivery.
--enable-exactly-once-delivery- Whether or not to enable exactly-once delivery on the subscription. If true,Pub/Sub provides the following guarantees for the delivery of a message with agiven value of
message_idon this subscription: The message sent toa subscriber is guaranteed not to be resent before the message's acknowledgmentdeadline expires. An acknowledged message will not be resent to a subscriber.Use --no-enable-exactly-once-delivery to disable this flag. --enable-message-ordering- Whether to receive messages with the same ordering key in order. If set,messages with the same ordering key are sent to subscribers in the order thatPub/Sub receives them. Use --no-enable-message-ordering to disable this flag.
--expiration-period=EXPIRATION_PERIOD- The subscription will expire if it is inactive for the given period. Validvalues are strings of the form INTEGER[UNIT], where UNIT is one of "s", "m","h", and "d" for seconds, minutes, hours, and days, respectively. If the unit isomitted, seconds is assumed. This flag additionally accepts the special value"never" to indicate that the subscription will never expire.
--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]- List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.
Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens(
-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, andnumbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores(_), lowercase characters, and numbers. --message-filter=MESSAGE_FILTER- Expression to filter messages. If set, Pub/Sub only delivers the messages thatmatch the filter. The expression must be a non-empty string in thePub/Sub filteringlanguage.
--message-retention-duration=MESSAGE_RETENTION_DURATION- How long to retain unacknowledged messages in the subscription's backlog, fromthe moment a message is published. If --retain-acked-messages is true, this alsoconfigures the retention of acknowledged messages. The default value is 7 days,the minimum is 10 minutes, and the maximum is 31 days. Valid values are stringsof the form INTEGER[UNIT], where UNIT is one of "s", "m", "h", and "d" forseconds, minutes, hours, and days, respectively. If the unit is omitted, secondsis assumed.
--message-transforms-file=MESSAGE_TRANSFORMS_FILE- Path to YAML or JSON file containing message transforms.
--retain-acked-messages- Whether or not to retain acknowledged messages. If true, messages are notexpunged from the subscription's backlog until they fall out of the--message-retention-duration window. Acknowledged messages are not retained bydefault. Use --no-retain-acked-messages to disable this flag.
--tags=[KEY=VALUE,…]- List of tags KEY=VALUE pairs to bind. Each item must be expressed as
<tag-key-namespaced-name>=<tag-value-short-name>.Example:123/environment=production,123/costCenter=marketing - At most one of these can be specified:
- BigQuery Config Options. The Cloud Pub/Sub service account associated with theenclosing subscription's parent project (i.e.,service-{project_number}@gcp-sa-pubsub.iam.gserviceaccount.com) must havepermission to write to this BigQuery table.
--bigquery-table=BIGQUERY_TABLE- A BigQuery table of the form {project}:{dataset_name}.{table_name} to which towrite messages for this subscription.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
--bigquery-service-account-email=BIGQUERY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL- The service account email to use when writing to BigQuery. If unspecified, usesthe Pub/Sub service agent(https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-account-types#service-agents).
--drop-unknown-fields- If either --use-topic-schema or --use-table-schema is set, whether or not toignore fields in the message that do not appear in the BigQuery table schema.Use --no-drop-unknown-fields to disable this flag.
--write-metadata- Whether or not to write message metadata including message ID, publishtimestamp, ordering key, and attributes to BigQuery. The subscription name,message_id, and publish_time fields are put in their own columns while all othermessage properties other than data (for example, an ordering_key, if present)are written to a JSON object in the attributes column. Use --no-write-metadatato disable this flag.
- At most one of these can be specified:
--use-table-schema- Whether or not to use the BigQuery table schema when writing messages toBigQuery. Use --no-use-table-schema to disable this flag.
--use-topic-schema- Whether or not to use the schema for the subscription's topic (if it exists)when writing messages to BigQuery. If --drop-unknown-fields is not set, then theBigQuery schema must contain all fields that are present in the topic schema.Use --no-use-topic-schema to disable this flag.
- Cloud Storage Config Options. The Cloud Pub/Sub service account associated withthe enclosing subscription's parent project (i.e.,service-{project_number}@gcp-sa-pubsub.iam.gserviceaccount.com) must havepermission to write to this Cloud Storage bucket and to read this bucket'smetadata.
--cloud-storage-bucket=CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET- A Cloud Storage bucket to which to write messages for this subscription.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
--cloud-storage-file-datetime-format=CLOUD_STORAGE_FILE_DATETIME_FORMAT- The custom datetime format string for Cloud Storage filename. See thedatetimeformat guidance.
--cloud-storage-file-prefix=CLOUD_STORAGE_FILE_PREFIX- The prefix for Cloud Storage filename.
--cloud-storage-file-suffix=CLOUD_STORAGE_FILE_SUFFIX- The suffix for Cloud Storage filename.
--cloud-storage-max-bytes=CLOUD_STORAGE_MAX_BYTES- The maximum bytes that can be written to a Cloud Storage file before a new fileis created. The value must be between 1000B and 10GB. If the unit is omitted, KBis assumed.
--cloud-storage-max-duration=CLOUD_STORAGE_MAX_DURATION- The maximum duration that can elapse before a new Cloud Storage file is created.The value must be between 1m and 10m. Valid values are strings of the formINTEGER[UNIT], where UNIT is one of "s", "m", "h", and "d" for seconds, minutes,hours, and days, respectively. If the unit is omitted, seconds is assumed.
--cloud-storage-max-messages=CLOUD_STORAGE_MAX_MESSAGES- The maximum number of messages that can be written to a Cloud Storage filebefore a new file is created. The value must be greater than or equal to 1000.
--cloud-storage-output-format=OUTPUT_FORMAT; default="text"- The output format for data written to Cloud Storage. Values: text (messages willbe written as raw text, separated by a newline) or avro (messages will bewritten as an Avro binary).
OUTPUT_FORMATmust be oneof:text,avro. --cloud-storage-service-account-email=CLOUD_STORAGE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL- The service account email to use when writing to Cloud Storage. If unspecified,uses the Pub/Sub service agent(https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-account-types#service-agents).
--cloud-storage-use-topic-schema- Whether or not to use the schema for the subscription's topic (if it exists)when writing messages to Cloud Storage. This has an effect only forsubscriptions with --cloud-storage-output-format=avro. Use--no-cloud-storage-use-topic-schema to disable this flag.
--cloud-storage-write-metadata- Whether or not to write the subscription name, message_id, publish_time,attributes, and ordering_key as additional fields in the output. Thesubscription name, message_id, and publish_time fields are put in their ownfields while all other message properties other than data (for example, anordering_key, if present) are added as entries in the attributes map. This hasan effect only for subscriptions with --cloud-storage-output-format=avro. Use--no-cloud-storage-write-metadata to disable this flag.
- Dead Letter Queue Options. The Cloud Pub/Sub service account associated with theenclosing subscription's parent project (i.e.,service-{project_number}@gcp-sa-pubsub.iam.gserviceaccount.com) must havepermission to Publish() to this topic and Acknowledge() messages on thissubscription.
--max-delivery-attempts=MAX_DELIVERY_ATTEMPTS- Maximum number of delivery attempts for any message. The value must be between 5and 100. Defaults to 5.
--dead-letter-topicmust also be specified. - Dead letter topic resource - Name of the topic to publish dead letter messagesto. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of thisresource.
--dead-letter-topic=DEAD_LETTER_TOPIC- ID of the dead-letter-topic or fully qualified identifier for thedead-letter-topic.
To set the
topicattribute:- provide the argument
--dead-letter-topicon the command line.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
- provide the argument
--dead-letter-topic-project=DEAD_LETTER_TOPIC_PROJECT- Project ID of the Google Cloud project for the dead-letter-topic.
To set the
projectattribute:- provide the argument
--dead-letter-topicon the command line with afully specified name; - provide the argument
--dead-letter-topic-projecton the commandline; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
- provide the argument
- Retry Policy Options. Retry policy specifies how Cloud Pub/Sub retries messagedelivery for this subscription.
--max-retry-delay=MAX_RETRY_DELAY- The maximum delay between consecutive deliveries of a given message. Valueshould be between 0 and 600 seconds. Defaults to 600 seconds. Valid values arestrings of the form INTEGER[UNIT], where UNIT is one of "s", "m", "h", and "d"for seconds, minutes, hours, and days, respectively. If the unit is omitted,seconds is assumed.
--min-retry-delay=MIN_RETRY_DELAY- The minimum delay between consecutive deliveries of a given message. Valueshould be between 0 and 600 seconds. Defaults to 10 seconds. Valid values arestrings of the form INTEGER[UNIT], where UNIT is one of "s", "m", "h", and "d"for seconds, minutes, hours, and days, respectively. If the unit is omitted,seconds is assumed.
- Push Config Options. Configuration for a push delivery endpoint.
--push-auth-service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL- Service account email used as the identity for the generated Open ID Connecttoken for authenticated push.
--push-auth-token-audience=OPTIONAL_AUDIENCE_OVERRIDE- Audience used in the generated Open ID Connect token for authenticated push. Ifnot specified, it will be set to the push-endpoint.
--push-endpoint=PUSH_ENDPOINT- A URL to use as the endpoint for this subscription. This will also automaticallyset the subscription type to PUSH.
- NoWrapper Config Options.
--push-no-wrapper- When set, the message data is delivered directly as the HTTP body. Use--no-push-no-wrapper to disable this flag.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
--push-no-wrapper-write-metadata- When true, writes the Pub/Sub message metadata to
x-goog-pubsub-<KEY>:<VAL>headers of the HTTP request.Writes the Pub/Sub message attributes to<KEY>:<VAL>headers of the HTTP request. Use --no-push-no-wrapper-write-metadata to disablethis flag.
- 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
- These variants are also available:
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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.