gcloud ai indexes create

NAME
gcloud ai indexes create - create a new Vertex AI index
SYNOPSIS
gcloud ai indexes create --display-name=DISPLAY_NAME --metadata-file=METADATA_FILE [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--encryption-kms-key-name=ENCRYPTION_KMS_KEY_NAME] [--index-update-method=INDEX_UPDATE_METHOD] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--metadata-schema-uri=METADATA_SCHEMA_URI] [--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
EXAMPLES
To create an index under project example in region us-central1, encrypted with KMS key kms-key-name, run:
gcloud ai indexes create --display-name=index --description=test --metadata-file=path/to/your/metadata.json --project=example --region=us-central1 --encryption-kms-key-name=kms-key-name
REQUIRED FLAGS
--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME
Display name of the index.
--metadata-file=METADATA_FILE
Path to a local JSON file that contains the additional metadata information about the index.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--description=DESCRIPTION
Description of the index.
--encryption-kms-key-name=ENCRYPTION_KMS_KEY_NAME
The Cloud KMS resource identifier of the customer managed encryption key used to protect a resource. Has the form: projects/my-project/locations/my-region/keyRings/my-kr/cryptoKeys/my-key.

The key needs to be in the same region as where the compute resource is created.

--index-update-method=INDEX_UPDATE_METHOD
The update method to use with this index. Choose stream_update or batch_update. If not set, batch update will be used by default.

batch_update: can update index with gcloud ai indexes update using datapoints files on Cloud Storage.

stream update: can update datapoints with upsert-datapoints and delete-datapoints and will be applied nearly real-time.

--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.

--metadata-schema-uri=METADATA_SCHEMA_URI
Points to a YAML file stored on Google Cloud Storage describing additional information about index.
Region resource - Cloud region to create index. This represents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the project attribute:

  • provide the argument --region on the command line with a fully specified name;
  • set the property ai/region with a fully specified name;
  • choose one from the prompted list of available regions with a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument --project on the command line;
  • set the property core/project.
--region=REGION
ID of the region or fully qualified identifier for the region.

To set the region attribute:

  • provide the argument --region on the command line;
  • set the property ai/region;
  • choose one from the prompted list of available regions.
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 ai indexes create
gcloud beta ai indexes create