NAME
    gcloud beta spanner instances create - create a Cloud Spanner instance

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud beta spanner instances create INSTANCE --config=CONFIG
        --description=DESCRIPTION [--async] [--expire-behavior=EXPIRE_BEHAVIOR]
        [--instance-type=INSTANCE_TYPE]
        [--nodes=NODES | --processing-units=PROCESSING_UNITS]
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (BETA) Create a Cloud Spanner instance.

EXAMPLES
    To create a Cloud Spanner instance, run:

        $ gcloud beta spanner instances create my-instance-id \
            --config=regional-us-east1 \
            --description=my-instance-display-name --nodes=3

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     INSTANCE
        Cloud Spanner instance ID.

REQUIRED FLAGS
     --config=CONFIG
        Instance configuration defines the geographic placement and replication
        of the databases in that instance. Available configurations can be
        found by running "gcloud spanner instance-configs list"

     --description=DESCRIPTION
        Description of the instance.

OPTIONAL FLAGS
     --async
        Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to
        complete.

     --expire-behavior=EXPIRE_BEHAVIOR
        The expire behavior of a free trial instance. EXPIRE_BEHAVIOR must be
        one of:

         free-to-provisioned
            When the free trial instance expires, upgrade the instance to a
            provisioned instance.
         remove-after-grace-period
            When the free trial instance expires, disable the instance, and
            delete it after the grace period passes if it has not been upgraded
            to a provisioned instance.

     --instance-type=INSTANCE_TYPE
        Specifies the type for this instance. INSTANCE_TYPE must be one of:

         free-instance
            Free trial instances provide no guarantees for dedicated resources,
            both node_count and processing_units should be 0. They come with
            stricter usage limits and limited support.
         provisioned
            Provisioned instances have dedicated resources, standard usage
            limits, and support.

     At most one of these can be specified:

       --nodes=NODES
          Number of nodes for the instance.

       --processing-units=PROCESSING_UNITS
          Number of processing units for the instance.

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. These
    variants are also available:

        $ gcloud spanner instances create

        $ gcloud alpha spanner instances create