- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute instance-groups unmanaged create - create a Compute Engine unmanaged instance group
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute instance-groups unmanaged createNAME[--description=DESCRIPTION] [--zone=ZONE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)gcloud beta compute instance-groups unmanaged createcreates a new Compute Engine unmanaged instance group. For example:gcloud beta compute instance-groups unmanaged create example-instance-group --zone us-central1-aThe above example creates one unmanaged instance group called 'example-instance-group' in the
zone.us-central1-a - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME - Name of the instance group to create.
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- FLAGS
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--description=DESCRIPTION - Specifies a textual description for the unmanaged instance group.
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--zone=ZONE - Zone of the instance group to create. If not specified and the
property isn't set, you might be prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).compute/zoneTo avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/zonegcloud config set compute/zone ZONEA list of zones can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute zones listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/zoneAlternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE
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- 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 helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute instance-groups unmanaged creategcloud alpha compute instance-groups unmanaged creategcloud preview compute instance-groups unmanaged create
gcloud beta compute instance-groups unmanaged create
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

