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- NAME
- gcloud alloydb instances create - creates a new AlloyDB instance within a given cluster
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud alloydb instances createINSTANCE--cluster=CLUSTER--instance-type=INSTANCE_TYPE--region=REGION[--allocated-ip-range-override=ALLOCATED_IP_RANGE_OVERRIDE][--allowed-psc-projects=[ALLOWED_PSC_PROJECTS,…]][--assign-inbound-public-ip=ASSIGN_INBOUND_PUBLIC_IP][--async][--authorized-external-networks=[AUTHORIZED_NETWORK,…]][--availability-type=AVAILABILITY_TYPE][--connection-pooling-client-connection-idle-timeout=CONNECTION_POOLING_CLIENT_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMEOUT][--connection-pooling-ignore-startup-parameters=[STARTUP_PARAMETERS,…]][--connection-pooling-max-client-connections=CONNECTION_POOLING_MAX_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS][--connection-pooling-max-pool-size=CONNECTION_POOLING_MAX_POOL_SIZE][--connection-pooling-max-prepared-statements=CONNECTION_POOLING_MAX_PREPARED_STATEMENTS][--connection-pooling-min-pool-size=CONNECTION_POOLING_MIN_POOL_SIZE][--connection-pooling-pool-mode=CONNECTION_POOLING_POOL_MODE][--connection-pooling-query-wait-timeout=CONNECTION_POOLING_QUERY_WAIT_TIMEOUT][--connection-pooling-server-idle-timeout=CONNECTION_POOLING_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT][--connection-pooling-server-lifetime=CONNECTION_POOLING_SERVER_LIFETIME][--connection-pooling-stats-users=[STATS_USERS,…]][--cpu-count=CPU_COUNT][--database-flags=FLAG=VALUE,[FLAG=VALUE,…]][--[no-]enable-connection-pooling][--insights-config-query-plans-per-minute=INSIGHTS_CONFIG_QUERY_PLANS_PER_MINUTE][--insights-config-query-string-length=INSIGHTS_CONFIG_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH][--[no-]insights-config-record-application-tags][--[no-]insights-config-record-client-address][--machine-type=MACHINE_TYPE][--[no-]outbound-public-ip][--psc-auto-connections=[network=NETWORK],[project=PROJECT]][--psc-network-attachment-uri=PSC_NETWORK_ATTACHMENT_URI][--read-pool-node-count=READ_POOL_NODE_COUNT][--[no-]require-connectors][--ssl-mode=SSL_MODE; default="ENCRYPTED_ONLY"][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
- Creates a new AlloyDB instance within a given cluster.
- EXAMPLES
- To create a new primary instance, run:
gcloudalloydbinstancescreatemy-instance--cluster=my-cluster--region=us-central1--instance-type=PRIMARY--cpu-count=4To create a new read pool instance, run:
gcloudalloydbinstancescreatemy-instance--cluster=my-cluster--region=us-central1--instance-type=READ_POOL--read-pool-node-count=1--cpu-count=4 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
INSTANCE- AlloyDB instance ID
- REQUIRED FLAGS
--cluster=CLUSTER- AlloyDB cluster ID
--instance-type=INSTANCE_TYPE- Specifies instance type.
INSTANCE_TYPEmust be one of:PRIMARY- PRIMARY instances support read and write operations.
READ_POOL- READ_POOL instances support read operations only. Each read pool instanceconsists of one or more homogeneous nodes. * Read pool of size 1 can only havezonal availability. * Read pools with node count of 2 or more can have regionalavailability (nodes are present in 2 or more zones in a region).
--region=REGION- Regional location (e.g.
asia-east1,us-east1). See thefull list of regions athttps://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/instance-locations.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--allocated-ip-range-override=ALLOCATED_IP_RANGE_OVERRIDE- Name of the allocated IP range for the private IP AlloyDB instance, for example:"google-managed-services-default". If set, the instance IPs will be created fromthis allocated range and will override the IP range used by the parent cluster.The range name must comply with RFC 1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63characters long and match the regular expression
[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?. --allowed-psc-projects=[ALLOWED_PSC_PROJECTS,…]- Comma-separated list of allowed consumer projects to create endpoints forPrivate Service Connect (PSC) connectivity for the instance. Only instances inPSC-enabled clusters are allowed to set this field.(e.g.,
--allowed-psc-projects=project1,12345678,project2) --assign-inbound-public-ip=ASSIGN_INBOUND_PUBLIC_IP- Specify to enable or disable public IP on an instance. ASSIGN_INBOUND_PUBLIC_IPmust be one of:
NO_PUBLIC_IP- This disables public IP on the instance. Updating an instance to disable publicIP will clear the list of authorized networks.
ASSIGN_IPV4- Assign an inbound public IPv4 address for the instance. Public IP is enabled.
--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--authorized-external-networks=[AUTHORIZED_NETWORK,…]- Comma-separated list of authorized external networks to set on the instance.Authorized networks should use CIDR notation (e.g. 1.2.3.4/30). This flag isonly allowed to be set for instances with public IP enabled.
--availability-type=AVAILABILITY_TYPE- Specifies level of availability.
AVAILABILITY_TYPEmustbe one of:REGIONAL- Provide high availability instances. Recommended for production instances;instances automatically fail over to another zone within your selected region.
ZONAL- Provide zonal availability instances. Not recommended for production instances;instance does not automatically fail over to another zone.
--connection-pooling-client-connection-idle-timeout=CONNECTION_POOLING_CLIENT_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMEOUT- The maximum number of seconds a client is allowed to be idle before it isdisconnected.
--connection-pooling-ignore-startup-parameters=[STARTUP_PARAMETERS,…]- Comma-separated list of startup parameters that should be ignored by theconnection pool.
--connection-pooling-max-client-connections=CONNECTION_POOLING_MAX_CLIENT_CONNECTIONS- The max client connections for managed connection pooling.
--connection-pooling-max-pool-size=CONNECTION_POOLING_MAX_POOL_SIZE- The max pool size for managed connection pooling.
--connection-pooling-max-prepared-statements=CONNECTION_POOLING_MAX_PREPARED_STATEMENTS- The maximum number of prepared statements allowed.
--connection-pooling-min-pool-size=CONNECTION_POOLING_MIN_POOL_SIZE- The min pool size for managed connection pooling.
--connection-pooling-pool-mode=CONNECTION_POOLING_POOL_MODE- The pool mode for managed connection pooling.
CONNECTION_POOLING_POOL_MODEmust be one of:SESSION- Session mode for managed connection pooling.
TRANSACTION- Transaction mode for managed connection pooling.
--connection-pooling-query-wait-timeout=CONNECTION_POOLING_QUERY_WAIT_TIMEOUT- The query wait timeout for managed connection pooling.
--connection-pooling-server-idle-timeout=CONNECTION_POOLING_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT- The server idle timeout for managed connection pooling.
--connection-pooling-server-lifetime=CONNECTION_POOLING_SERVER_LIFETIME- The lifetime of a server connection in seconds. The pooler will close an unused(not currently linked to any client connection) server connection that has beenconnected longer than this. Setting it to 0 means the connection is to be usedonly once, then closed.
--connection-pooling-stats-users=[STATS_USERS,…]- Comma-separated list of database users to access connection pooling stats.
--cpu-count=CPU_COUNT- Whole number value indicating how many vCPUs the machine should contain. If theinstance does not have a machine-type, the vCPU count will be used to determinethe machine type where each vCPU corresponds to an N2 high-mem machine:(https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#n2_machine_types).where CPU_COUNT can be one of: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 96, 128. If the instance hasa machine-type, cpu-count must have the same value as the vCPU count in themachine-type. Eg: if machine-type is c4a-highmem-4-lssd, cpu-count must be 4.
CPU_COUNTmust be one of:1,2,4,8,14,16,22,32,44,48,64,72,88,96,128,144,192,288. --database-flags=FLAG=VALUE,[FLAG=VALUE,…]- Comma-separated list of database flags to set on the instance. Use an equalssign to separate flag name and value. Flags without values, likeskip_grant_tables, can be written out without a value after, e.g.,skip_grant_tables=
. Use on/off for booleans. View the InstanceResource API for allowed flags. (e.g.,--database-flagsmax_allowed_packet=55555,skip_grant_tables=,log_output=1) --[no-]enable-connection-pooling- Enable connection pooling for the instance. Use
--enable-connection-poolingto enable and--no-enable-connection-poolingto disable. --insights-config-query-plans-per-minute=INSIGHTS_CONFIG_QUERY_PLANS_PER_MINUTE- Number of query plans to sample every minute. Default value is 5. Allowed range:0 to 20.
--insights-config-query-string-length=INSIGHTS_CONFIG_QUERY_STRING_LENGTH- Query string length in bytes to be stored by the query insights feature. Defaultlength is 1024 bytes. Allowed range: 256 to 4500 bytes.
--[no-]insights-config-record-application-tags- Allow application tags to be recorded by the query insights feature.
Use
--insights-config-record-application-tagsto enable and--no-insights-config-record-application-tagsto disable. --[no-]insights-config-record-client-address- Allow the client address to be recorded by the query insights feature.
Use
--insights-config-record-client-addressto enable and--no-insights-config-record-client-addressto disable. --machine-type=MACHINE_TYPE- Specifies machine type for the instance.
MACHINE_TYPEmust be one of:n2-highmem-2,n2-highmem-4,n2-highmem-8,n2-highmem-16,n2-highmem-32,n2-highmem-64,n2-highmem-96,n2-highmem-128,c4a-highmem-1,c4a-highmem-4-lssd,c4a-highmem-8-lssd,c4a-highmem-16-lssd,c4a-highmem-32-lssd,c4a-highmem-48-lssd,c4a-highmem-64-lssd,c4a-highmem-72-lssd,c4-highmem-4-lssd,c4-highmem-8-lssd,c4-highmem-16-lssd,c4-highmem-24-lssd,c4-highmem-32-lssd,c4-highmem-48-lssd,c4-highmem-96-lssd,c4-highmem-144-lssd,c4-highmem-192-lssd,c4-highmem-288-lssd,z3-highmem-14-standardlssd,z3-highmem-22-standardlssd,z3-highmem-44-standardlssd,z3-highmem-88-standardlssd,z3-highmem-8-highlssd,z3-highmem-16-highlssd,z3-highmem-22-highlssd,z3-highmem-32-highlssd,z3-highmem-44-highlssd. --[no-]outbound-public-ip- Add outbound Public IP connectivity to an AlloyDB instance. Use
--outbound-public-ipto enable and--no-outbound-public-ipto disable. --psc-auto-connections=[network=NETWORK],[project=PROJECT]- Comma-separated list of consumer project and consumer network pairs to createendpoints for Private Service Connect (PSC) connectivity for the instance. Onlyinstances in PSC-enabled clusters are allowed to set this field. Both projectand network must be specified. (e.g.,--psc-auto-connections=project=project1,network=projects/vpc-host-project1/global/networks/network1
--psc-auto-connections=project=project2,network=projects/vpc-host-project2/global/networks/network2).Setspsc_auto_connectionsvalue.networknetwork- Required, sets
value. project- Required, setsproject
value.
Shorthand Example:--psc-auto-connections=network=string,project=string
JSON Example:--psc-auto-connections='{"network": "string", "project": "string"}'
File Example:--psc-auto-connections=path_to_file.(yaml|json)
--psc-network-attachment-uri=PSC_NETWORK_ATTACHMENT_URI- Full URI of the network attachment that is configured to support outboundconnectivity from an AlloyDB instance which uses Private Service Connect (PSC).For example, this would be of theform:psc-network-attachment-uri=projects/test-project/regions/us-central1/networkAttachments/my-na
--read-pool-node-count=READ_POOL_NODE_COUNT- Read capacity, i.e. number of nodes in a read pool instance.
--[no-]require-connectors- Enable or disable enforcing connectors only (ex: AuthProxy) connections to thedatabase. Use
--require-connectorsto enable and--no-require-connectorsto disable. --ssl-mode=SSL_MODE; default="ENCRYPTED_ONLY"- Specify the SSL mode to use when the instance connects to the database. DefaultSSL mode is ENCRYPTED_ONLY.
SSL_MODEmust be one of:ALLOW_UNENCRYPTED_AND_ENCRYPTED- SSL connections are optional. CA verification is not enforced.
ENCRYPTED_ONLY- SSL connections are required. CA verification is not enforced.
--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 2025-12-09 UTC.