gcloud beta notebooks instances create

NAME
gcloud beta notebooks instances create - request for creating an instance
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta notebooks instances create(INSTANCE :--location=LOCATION)[--async][--instance-owners=INSTANCE_OWNERS][--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--machine-type=MACHINE_TYPE; default="n1-standard-1"][--metadata=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--post-startup-script=POST_STARTUP_SCRIPT][--service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT][--no-shielded-integrity-monitoring][--shielded-secure-boot][--no-shielded-vtpm][--tags=[TAGS,…]][--accelerator-core-count=ACCELERATOR_CORE_COUNT--accelerator-type=ACCELERATOR_TYPE][--boot-disk-size=BOOT_DISK_SIZE--boot-disk-type=BOOT_DISK_TYPE][[--container-repository=CONTAINER_REPOSITORY :--container-tag=CONTAINER_TAG]    | [--environment=ENVIRONMENT :--environment-location=ENVIRONMENT_LOCATION]    |--vm-image-project=VM_IMAGE_PROJECT; default="deeplearning-platform-release"--vm-image-family=VM_IMAGE_FAMILY; default="common-cpu"    |--vm-image-name=VM_IMAGE_NAME][--custom-gpu-driver-path=CUSTOM_GPU_DRIVER_PATH--install-gpu-driver][--data-disk-size=DATA_DISK_SIZE--data-disk-type=DATA_DISK_TYPE--no-remove-data-disk][--disk-encryption=DISK_ENCRYPTION [--kms-key=KMS_KEY :--kms-keyring=KMS_KEYRING--kms-location=KMS_LOCATION--kms-project=KMS_PROJECT]][--network=NETWORK--no-proxy-access--no-public-ip [--subnet=SUBNET :--subnet-region=SUBNET_REGION]][--reservation=RESERVATION--reservation-affinity=RESERVATION_AFFINITY; default="TYPE_UNSPECIFIED"][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA)(DEPRECATED) This command is deprecated. Pleaseusegcloud notebooksinstead.Request for creating notebook instances.
EXAMPLES
To create an instance from an environment, run:
gcloudbetanotebooksinstancescreateexample-instance--environment=example-env--environment-location=us-central1-a--machine-type=n1-standard-4--location=us-central1-b

To create an instance from a VmImage family, run:

gcloudbetanotebooksinstancescreateexample-instance--vm-image-project=deeplearning-platform-release--vm-image-family=caffe1-latest-cpu-experimental--machine-type=n1-standard-4--location=us-central1-b

To create an instance from a VmImage name, run:

gcloudbetanotebooksinstancescreateexample-instance--vm-image-project=deeplearning-platform-release--vm-image-name=tf2-2-1-cu101-notebooks-20200110--machine-type=n1-standard-4--location=us-central1-b

To create an instance from a Container Repository, run:

gcloudbetanotebooksinstancescreateexample-instance--container-repository=gcr.io/deeplearning-platform-release/base-cpu--container-tag=test-tag--machine-type=n1-standard-4--location=us-central1-b
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Instance resource - User-defined unique name of this instance. The instance namemust be 1 to 63 characters long and contain only lowercase letters, numericcharacters, and dashes. The first character must be a lowercase letter and thelast character cannot be a dash. The arguments in this group can be used tospecify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not givenarguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

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

This must be specified.

INSTANCE
ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.

To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line.

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

--location=LOCATION
Google Cloud location of this environmenthttps://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/#locations.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line;
  • set the propertynotebooks/location.
FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--instance-owners=INSTANCE_OWNERS
The owners of this instance after creation.Format:alias@example.com. Currently supports one owner only.If notspecified, all of the service account users of the VM instance's service accountcan use the instance.
--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]
Labels to apply to this instance. These can be later modified by the setLabelsmethod.
--machine-type=MACHINE_TYPE; default="n1-standard-1"
TheComputeEngine machine type of this instance.
--metadata=[KEY=VALUE,…]
Custom metadata to apply to this instance.

For example, to specify a Cloud Storage bucket for automatic backup, you can usethegcs-data-bucket metadata tag. Format:"--metadata=gcs-data-bucket=BUCKET".

--post-startup-script=POST_STARTUP_SCRIPT
Path to a Bash script that automatically runs after a notebook instance fullyboots up. The path must be a URL or Cloud Storage path(gs://path-to-file/file-name).
--service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT
The service account on this instance, giving access to other Google Cloudservices. You can use any service account within the same project, but you musthave the service account user permission to use the instance. If not specified,theComputeEngine default service account is used.
--shielded-integrity-monitoring
Enable monitoring of the boot integrity of the instance. Enabled by default, use--no-shielded-integrity-monitoring to disable.
--shielded-secure-boot
Boot instance with secure boot enabled. Disabled by default.
--shielded-vtpm
Boot instance with TPM (Trusted Platform Module) enabled. Enabled by default,use--no-shielded-vtpm to disable.
--tags=[TAGS,…]
Tags to apply to this instance.
The hardware accelerator used on this instance. If you use accelerators, makesure that your configuration hasenoughvCPUs and memory to support the `machine_type` you have selected.
--accelerator-core-count=ACCELERATOR_CORE_COUNT
Count of cores of this accelerator.
--accelerator-type=ACCELERATOR_TYPE
Type of this accelerator.ACCELERATOR_TYPE must be oneof:NVIDIA_TESLA_A100,NVIDIA_TESLA_K80,NVIDIA_TESLA_P100,NVIDIA_TESLA_V100,NVIDIA_TESLA_P4,NVIDIA_TESLA_T4,NVIDIA_TESLA_T4_VWS,NVIDIA_TESLA_P100_VWS,NVIDIA_TESLA_P4_VWS,TPU_V2,TPU_V3,NVIDIA_L4,NVIDIA_H100_80GB,NVIDIA_H100_MEGA_80GB.
Boot disk configurations.
--boot-disk-size=BOOT_DISK_SIZE
Size of boot disk in GB attached to this instance, up to a maximum of 64000 GB(64 TB). The minimum recommended value is 100 GB. If not specified, thisdefaults to 100.
--boot-disk-type=BOOT_DISK_TYPE
Type of boot disk attached to this instance, defaults to standard persistentdisk (PD_STANDARD).BOOT_DISK_TYPE must beone of:PD_STANDARD,PD_SSD,PD_BALANCED,PD_EXTREME.
At most one of these can be specified:
--container-repository=CONTAINER_REPOSITORY
The path to the container image repository. For example:gcr.io/{project_id}/{image_name}.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--container-tag=CONTAINER_TAG
The tag of the container image. If not specified, this defaults to the latesttag.
Environment resource - User-defined unique name of this environment. Theenvironment name must be 1 to 63 characters long and contain only lowercaseletters, numeric characters, and dashes. The first character must be a lowercaseletter and the last character cannot be a dash. 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 argument--environment on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.
--environment=ENVIRONMENT
ID of the environment or fully qualified identifier for the environment.

To set theenvironment attribute:

  • provide the argument--environment on the command line.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--environment-location=ENVIRONMENT_LOCATION
Google Cloud location of this environmenthttps://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/#locations.

To set theenvironment-location attribute:

  • provide the argument--environment on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--environment-location on the command line;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line;
  • set the propertynotebooks/location.
--vm-image-project=VM_IMAGE_PROJECT; default="deeplearning-platform-release"
The ID of the Google Cloud project that this VM image belongs to. Format:projects/{project_id}.
At most one of these can be specified:
--vm-image-family=VM_IMAGE_FAMILY; default="common-cpu"
Use this VM image family to find the image; the newest image in this family willbe used.
--vm-image-name=VM_IMAGE_NAME
Use this VM image name to find the image.
GPU driver configurations.
--custom-gpu-driver-path=CUSTOM_GPU_DRIVER_PATH
Specify a custom Cloud Storage path where the GPU driver is stored. If notspecified, we'll automatically choose from official GPU drivers.
--install-gpu-driver
Whether the end user authorizes Google Cloud to install a GPU driver on thisinstance. If this field is empty or set to false, the GPU driver won't beinstalled. Only applicable to instances with GPUs.
Data disk configurations.
--data-disk-size=DATA_DISK_SIZE
Size of data disk in GB attached to this instance, up to a maximum of 64000 GB(64 TB). The minimum recommended value is 100 GB. If not specified, thisdefaults to 100.
--data-disk-type=DATA_DISK_TYPE
Type of data disk attached to this instance, defaults to standard persistentdisk (PD_STANDARD).DATA_DISK_TYPE must beone of:PD_STANDARD,PD_SSD,PD_BALANCED,PD_EXTREME.
--no-remove-data-disk
If true, the data disk will not be auto deleted when deleting the instance.
Disk encryption configurations.
--disk-encryption=DISK_ENCRYPTION
Disk encryption method used on the boot disk, defaults to GMEK.DISK_ENCRYPTION must be one of:GMEK,CMEK.
Key resource - The Cloud KMS (Key Management Service) cryptokey that will beused to protect the instance. The 'Compute Engine Service Agent' service accountmust hold permission 'Cloud KMS CryptoKey Encrypter/Decrypter'. The arguments inthis group 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 thekms-key attribute:

  • provide the argument--kms-key on the command line.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--kms-keyring=KMS_KEYRING
The KMS keyring of the key.

To set thekms-keyring attribute:

  • provide the argument--kms-key on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--kms-keyring on the command line.
--kms-location=KMS_LOCATION
The Google Cloud location for the key.

To set thekms-location attribute:

  • provide the argument--kms-key on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--kms-location on the command line.
--kms-project=KMS_PROJECT
The Google Cloud project for the key.

To set thekms-project attribute:

  • provide the argument--kms-key on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--kms-project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.
Network configs.
Network resource - The name of the VPC that this instance is in. Format:projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network_id}.This represents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given argumentsin this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argument--network on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.
--network=NETWORK
ID of the network or fully qualified identifier for the network.

To set thenetwork attribute:

  • provide the argument--network on the command line.
--no-proxy-access
If true, the notebook instance will not register with the proxy.
--no-public-ip
If specified, no public IP will be assigned to this instance.
Subnetwork resource - The name of the subnet that this instance is in. Format:projects/{project_id}/regions/{region}/subnetworks/{subnetwork_id}.The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of thisresource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but canbe set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argument--subnet on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.
--subnet=SUBNET
ID of the subnetwork or fully qualified identifier for the subnetwork.

To set thesubnet attribute:

  • provide the argument--subnet on the command line.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--subnet-region=SUBNET_REGION
Google Cloud region of this subnetworkhttps://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/#locations.

To set thesubnet-region attribute:

  • provide the argument--subnet on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--subnet-region on the command line.
Specifies the reservation for the instance.
--reservation=RESERVATION
The name of the reservation, required when--reservation-affinity=SPECIFIC_RESERVATION.
--reservation-affinity=RESERVATION_AFFINITY; default="TYPE_UNSPECIFIED"
The type of reservation for the instance.RESERVATION_AFFINITY must be one of:TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,NO_RESERVATION,ANY_RESERVATION,SPECIFIC_RESERVATION.
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.

NOTES
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudnotebooksinstancescreate
gcloudalphanotebooksinstancescreate

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Last updated 2025-05-13 UTC.