- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
- Request body
- Response body
- Authorization Scopes
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Creates an instance. When creating from a backup, the capacity of the new instance needs to be equal to or larger than the capacity of the backup (and also equal to or larger than the minimum capacity of the tier).
HTTP request
POST https://file.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*}/instances
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
parent |
Required. The instance's project and location, in the format projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}. In Cloud Filestore, locations map to GCP zones, for example us-west1-b. |
Query parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
instanceId |
Required. The ID of the instance to create. The ID must be unique within the specified project and location. This value must start with a lowercase letter followed by up to 62 lowercase letters, numbers, or hyphens, and cannot end with a hyphen. |
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Instance.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Operation.
Authorization Scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview.