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- NAME
- gcloud beta alloydb backups create - create a new AlloyDB backup within a given project
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta alloydb backups createBACKUP--cluster=CLUSTER--region=REGION[--async][--tags=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--kms-key=KMS_KEY:--kms-keyring=KMS_KEYRING--kms-location=KMS_LOCATION--kms-project=KMS_PROJECT][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(BETA)Create a new AlloyDB backup within a given project.- EXAMPLES
- To create a new backup, run:
gcloudbetaalloydbbackupscreatemy-backup--cluster=my-cluster--region=us-central1To create a new cross-region backup, run:
gcloudbetaalloydbbackupscreateprojects/my-project/locations/us-west1/backups/my-backup--cluster=my-cluster--region=us-central1 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
BACKUP- The AlloyDB backup to create. This must either be the backup ID (myBackup) orthe full backup path(projects/myProject/locations/us-central1/backups/myBackup). In the first case,the project and location are assumed to be the same as the cluster being backedup. The second form can be used to create cross-region and cross-projectbackups.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
--cluster=CLUSTER- AlloyDB cluster ID
--region=REGION- The region of the cluster to backup.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--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 - Key resource - The Cloud KMS (Key Management Service) cryptokey that will beused to protect the backup. The 'AlloyDB Service Agent' service account musthold permission 'Cloud KMS CryptoKey Encrypter/Decrypter'. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.
--kms-key=KMS_KEY- ID of the key or fully qualified identifier for the key.
To set the
kms-keyattribute:- provide the argument
--kms-keyon the command line.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.
- provide the argument
--kms-keyring=KMS_KEYRING- The KMS keyring of the key.
To set the
kms-keyringattribute:- provide the argument
--kms-keyon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--kms-keyringon the command line.
- provide the argument
--kms-location=KMS_LOCATION- The Google Cloud location for the key.
To set the
kms-locationattribute:- provide the argument
--kms-keyon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--kms-locationon the command line.
- provide the argument
--kms-project=KMS_PROJECT- The Google Cloud project for the key.
To set the
kms-projectattribute:- provide the argument
--kms-keyon the command line with a fullyspecified name; - provide the argument
--kms-projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
- provide the argument
- 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
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudalloydbbackupscreategcloudalphaalloydbbackupscreate
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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.