gcloud vmware private-clouds hcx activationkeys create

NAME
gcloud vmware private-clouds hcx activationkeys create - create a Google Cloud VMware HCX activation key
SYNOPSIS
gcloud vmware private-clouds hcx activationkeys create(HCX_ACTIVATION_KEY :--location=LOCATION--private-cloud=PRIVATE_CLOUD)[--async][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
Create a HCX activation key in a VMware Engine private cloud. Successfulcreation of a HCX activation key results in a HCX activation key in AVAILABLEstate. Check the progress of a HCX activation key usinggcloudvmware private-clouds hcx activationkeys list.
EXAMPLES
To create a HCX activation key calledkey1 in private cloudmy-private-cloud in zoneus-west2-a, run:
gcloudvmwareprivate-cloudshcxactivationkeyscreatekey1--location=us-west2-a--project=my-project--private-cloud=my-private-cloud
Or:
gcloudvmwareprivate-cloudshcxactivationkeyscreatemy-cluster--private-cloud=my-private-cloud

In the second example, the project and location are taken from gcloud propertiescore/project and compute/zone.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
HCX activation key resource - hcxactivationkey. The arguments in this group canbe used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes arenot given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumenthcx_activation_key on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

HCX_ACTIVATION_KEY
ID of the HCX activation key or fully qualified identifier for the HCXactivation key.

To set thehcx-activation-key attribute:

  • provide the argumenthcx_activation_key on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--location=LOCATION
Location of the private cloud or cluster.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argumenthcx_activation_key on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line;
  • set the propertycompute/zone.
--private-cloud=PRIVATE_CLOUD
VMware Engine private cloud.

To set theprivate-cloud attribute:

  • provide the argumenthcx_activation_key on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--private-cloud on the command line.
FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.The default isTrue. Enabled by default, use--no-async to disable.
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.

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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.