gcloud alpha compute instant-snapshots create

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