NAME
    gcloud spanner instances create - create a Cloud Spanner instance

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud spanner instances create INSTANCE --config=CONFIG
        --description=DESCRIPTION --nodes=NODES [--async]
        [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    Create a Cloud Spanner instance.

EXAMPLES
    To create a Cloud Spanner instance, run:

        $ gcloud 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.

     --nodes=NODES
        Number of nodes 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
    These variants are also available:

        $ gcloud alpha spanner instances create

        $ gcloud beta spanner instances create