NAME gcloud beta spanner instances create - create a Cloud Spanner instance SYNOPSIS gcloud beta spanner instances create INSTANCE --config=CONFIG --description=DESCRIPTION (--nodes=NODES | --processing-units=PROCESSING_UNITS) [--async] [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. 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 beta and might change without notice. These variants are also available: $ gcloud spanner instances create $ gcloud alpha spanner instances create