REST Resource: projects.instanceConfigs

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Resource: InstanceConfig

A possible configuration for a Cloud Spanner instance. Configurations define the geographic placement of nodes and their replication.

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "displayName": string,
  "replicas": [
    {
      object (ReplicaInfo)
    }
  ],
  "leaderOptions": [
    string
  ],
  "freeInstanceAvailability": enum (FreeInstanceAvailability)
}
Fields
name

string

A unique identifier for the instance configuration. Values are of the form projects/<project>/instanceConfigs/[a-z][-a-z0-9]*.
displayName

string

The name of this instance configuration as it appears in UIs.
replicas[]

object (ReplicaInfo)

The geographic placement of nodes in this instance configuration and their replication properties.
leaderOptions[]

string

Allowed values of the "defaultLeader" schema option for databases in instances that use this instance configuration.
freeInstanceAvailability

enum (FreeInstanceAvailability)

Output only. Describes whether free instances are available to be created in this instance config.

ReplicaInfo

JSON representation 
{
  "location": string,
  "type": enum (ReplicaType),
  "defaultLeaderLocation": boolean
}
Fields
location

string

The location of the serving resources, e.g. "us-central1".
type

enum (ReplicaType)

The type of replica.
defaultLeaderLocation

boolean

If true, this location is designated as the default leader location where leader replicas are placed. See the region types documentation for more details.

ReplicaType

Indicates the type of replica. See the replica types documentation for more details.

Enums
TYPE_UNSPECIFIED Not specified.
READ_WRITE

sessions.read-write replicas support both reads and writes. These replicas:

  • Maintain a full copy of your data.
  • Serve reads.
  • Can vote whether to commit a write.
  • Participate in leadership election.
  • Are eligible to become a leader.
READ_ONLY

sessions.read-only replicas only support reads (not writes). sessions.read-only replicas:

  • Maintain a full copy of your data.
  • Serve reads.
  • Do not participate in voting to commit writes.
  • Are not eligible to become a leader.
WITNESS

Witness replicas don't support reads but do participate in voting to commit writes. Witness replicas:

  • Do not maintain a full copy of data.
  • Do not serve reads.
  • Vote whether to commit writes.
  • Participate in leader election but are not eligible to become leader.

FreeInstanceAvailability

Describes the availability for free instances to be created in an instance config.

Enums
FREE_INSTANCE_AVAILABILITY_UNSPECIFIED Not specified.
AVAILABLE Indicates that free instances are available to be created in this instance config.
UNSUPPORTED Indicates that free instances are not supported in this instance config.
DISABLED Indicates that free instances are currently not available to be created in this instance config.
QUOTA_EXCEEDED Indicates that additional free instances cannot be created in this instance config because the project has reached its limit of free instances.

Methods

get

 Gets information about a particular instance configuration.

list

 Lists the supported instance configurations for a given project.