gcloud alpha workstations create

NAME
gcloud alpha workstations create - create a workstation
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha workstations create(WORKSTATION :--cluster=CLUSTER--config=CONFIG--region=REGION)[--async][--env=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--source-workstation=SOURCE_WORKSTATION][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Create a workstation.
EXAMPLES
To create a workstation, run:
gcloudalphaworkstationscreateWORKSTATION
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Workstation resource - Arguments and flags that specify the workstation tocreate. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes ofthis resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group butcan be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

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

This must be specified.

WORKSTATION
ID of the workstation or fully qualified identifier for the workstation.

To set theworkstation attribute:

  • provide the argumentworkstation on the command line.

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

--cluster=CLUSTER
The name of the cluster containing the workstation.To set thecluster attribute:
  • provide the argumentworkstation on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--cluster on the command line;
  • set the propertyworkstations/cluster.
--config=CONFIG
The name of the config containing the workstation.To set theconfig attribute:
  • provide the argumentworkstation on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--config on the command line;
  • set the propertyworkstations/config.
--region=REGION
The name of the region of the workstation.To set theregion attribute:
  • provide the argumentworkstation on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--region on the command line;
  • set the propertyworkstations/region.
FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--env=[KEY=VALUE,…]
Environment variables passed to the Workstation.
--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]
Labels that are applied to the workstation and propagated to the underlyingCompute Engine resources.
--source-workstation=SOURCE_WORKSTATION
Source workstation from which this workstations persistent directories arecloned on creation. When specified, the workstations service agent must havecompute.disks.createSnapshot andcompute.snapshots.useReadOnly permissions on the sourceworkstation's host project.
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 theworkstations/v1beta API. The fulldocumentation for this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/workstations
NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudworkstationscreate
gcloudbetaworkstationscreate

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.