- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute public-delegated-prefixes create - creates a Compute Engine public delegated prefix
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute public-delegated-prefixes createNAME--range=RANGE(--public-advertised-prefix=PUBLIC_ADVERTISED_PREFIX|--public-delegated-prefix=PUBLIC_DELEGATED_PREFIX) [--allocatable-prefix-length=ALLOCATABLE_PREFIX_LENGTH] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--enable-live-migration] [--mode=MODE] [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- EXAMPLES
- To create a public delegated prefix:
gcloud beta compute public-delegated-prefixes create my-public-delegated-prefix --public-advertised-prefix = my-pap --range = 120 .120.10.128/27 --global - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME - Name of the public delegated prefix to operate on.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--range=RANGE - IP range from this public delegated prefix that should be delegated, in CIDR format. It must be smaller than parent public advertised prefix range.
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
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--public-advertised-prefix=PUBLIC_ADVERTISED_PREFIX - Public advertised prefix that this delegated prefix is created from.
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--public-delegated-prefix=PUBLIC_DELEGATED_PREFIX - Regional Public delegated prefix that this delegated prefix is created from.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--allocatable-prefix-length=ALLOCATABLE_PREFIX_LENGTH - The allocatable prefix length supported by this PDP.
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--description=DESCRIPTION - Description of this public delegated prefix.
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--enable-live-migration - Specify if this public delegated prefix is meant to be live migrated.
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--mode=MODE - Specifies the mode of this IPv6 PDP.
MODEmust be one of:delegation,external-ipv6-forwarding-rule-creation,external-ipv6-subnetwork-creation,internal-ipv6-subnetwork-creation. - At most one of these can be specified:
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--global - If set, the public delegated prefix is global.
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--region=REGION - Region of the public delegated prefix to operate on. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
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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 public-delegated-prefixes creategcloud alpha compute public-delegated-prefixes creategcloud preview compute public-delegated-prefixes create
gcloud beta compute public-delegated-prefixes create
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

