- NAME
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- gcloud ai indexes create - create a new Vertex AI index
 
 - SYNOPSIS
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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 …] 
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 - EXAMPLES
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To create an index under project 
examplein regionus-central1, encrypted with KMS keykms-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
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--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
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--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-updateorbatch-update(case insensitive). If not set, batch update will be used by default.INDEX_UPDATE_METHODmust be one of:batch-update- 
can update index with 
gcloud ai indexes updateusingdatapoints files on Cloud Storage. stream-update- 
can update datapoints with 
upsert-datapointsand`delete-datapointsand 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.
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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:--region- provide the argument
 
on the command line with a fully specified name;ai/region- set the property
 with a fully specified name;--project- choose one from the prompted list of available regions with a fully specified name;
 - provide the argument
 on the command line;core/project- set the property
 .region--region=REGION- 
ID of the region or fully qualified identifier for the region.
To set the
 
attribute:--region- provide the argument
 
on the command line;ai/region- set the property
 ;- choose one from the prompted list of available regions.
  
 
--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.
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