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

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud alpha spanner instances create INSTANCE --config=CONFIG
        --description=DESCRIPTION
        (--nodes=NODES | --processing-units=PROCESSING_UNITS) [--async]
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (ALPHA) Create a Cloud Spanner instance.

EXAMPLES
    To create a Cloud Spanner instance, run:

        $ gcloud alpha 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.

     Exactly one of these must be specified:

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

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

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

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 alpha and might change without notice. If this
    command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct
    project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early
    access allowlist. These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud spanner instances create

        $ gcloud beta spanner instances create