NAME
    gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots create - create a Compute Engine
        instant snapshot

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots create INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME
        --source-disk=SOURCE_DISK [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,...]]
        [--region=REGION | --zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (ALPHA) gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots create creates an instant
    snapshot of a disk. Instant snapshots are useful for backing up the disk
    data.

EXAMPLES
    To create an instant snapshot 'my-instant-snap' from a disk 'my-disk' in
    zone 'us-east1-a', run:

        $ gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots create my-instant-snap \
          --source-disk=my-disk --zone=us-east1-a

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     INSTANT_SNAPSHOT_NAME
        Name of the instant snapshot to create.

REQUIRED FLAGS
     Source disk options

     This must be specified.

       --source-disk=SOURCE_DISK
          Source disk used to create the instant snapshot.

OPTIONAL FLAGS
     --labels=[KEY=VALUE,...]
        List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.

        Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens
        (-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers. Values must
        contain only hyphens (-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and
        numbers.

     At most one of these can be specified:

       --region=REGION
          Region of the instant snapshot to create. If not specified, you might
          be prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).

          To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
          compute/region property:

              $ gcloud config set compute/region REGION

          A list of regions can be fetched by running:

              $ gcloud compute regions list

          To unset the property, run:

              $ gcloud config unset compute/region

          Alternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
          CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION.

       --zone=ZONE
          Zone of the instant snapshot to create. If not specified and the
          compute/zone property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a
          zone (interactive mode only).

          To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
          compute/zone property:

              $ gcloud config set compute/zone ZONE

          A list of zones can be fetched by running:

              $ gcloud compute zones list

          To unset the property, run:

              $ gcloud config unset compute/zone

          Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
          CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

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 compute instant-snapshots create

        $ gcloud beta compute instant-snapshots create