NAME
    gcloud logging metrics create - creates a logs-based metric

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud logging metrics create METRIC_NAME
        (--config-from-file=CONFIG_FROM_FILE
          | --description=DESCRIPTION --log-filter=LOG_FILTER)
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    Creates a logs-based metric to count the number of log entries that match a
    filter expression. Logs-based metrics can also be used to extract values
    from logs and create a distribution of the values.

EXAMPLES
    To create a metric that counts the number of log entries with a severity
    level higher than WARNING, run:

        $ gcloud logging metrics create high_severity_count \
            --description="Number of high severity log entries" \
            --log-filter="severity > WARNING"

    Detailed information about filters can be found at:
    https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/view/logging-query-language

    To create a metric that uses advanced features like distribution or
    user-defined labels, run:

        $ gcloud logging metrics create my_metric \
            --config-from-file=$PATH_TO_FILE

    The config file can be in YAML or JSON format. Detailed information about
    how to configure metrics can be found at:
    https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/v2/rest/v2/projects.metrics#LogMetric.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     METRIC_NAME
        The name of the new metric.

REQUIRED FLAGS
     Data about the new metric.

     Exactly one of these must be specified:

       --config-from-file=CONFIG_FROM_FILE
          A path to a YAML or JSON file specifying the logs-based metric to
          create.

       A group of arguments to specify simple counter logs-based metrics.

         --description=DESCRIPTION
            The metric's description.

            This flag must be specified if any of the other arguments in this
            group are specified.

         --log-filter=LOG_FILTER
            The metric's filter expression.

            This flag must be specified if any of the other arguments in this
            group are specified.

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
    These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud alpha logging metrics create

        $ gcloud beta logging metrics create