$ gcloud alpha compute instance-groups managed create \ example-managed-instance-group --zone us-central1-a \ --template example-instance-template --size 1

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

NAME

Name of the managed instance group to create.

REQUIRED FLAGS

--size=SIZE

The initial number of instances you want in this group.

--template=TEMPLATE

Specifies the instance template to use when creating new instances.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--base-instance-name=BASE_INSTANCE_NAME

The base name to use for the Compute Engine instances that will be created with the managed instance group. If not provided base instance name will be the prefix of instance group name.

--description=DESCRIPTION

An optional description for this group.

--initial-delay=INITIAL_DELAY

Specifies the length of the period during which the instance is known to be initializing and should not be autohealed even if unhealthy. This value cannot be greater than 1 hour. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats.

--instance-redistribution-type=TYPE

Specify type of instance redistribution policy. Instance redistribution type gives possibility to enable or disable automatic instance redistribution between zones to its target distribution. Target distribution is a state of regional managed instance group where all instances are spread out equally between all target zones.
Instance redistribution type may be specified for non-autoscaled regional managed instance group only. By default it is set to PROACTIVE.
The following types are available:

---

NONE - managed instance group will not take any action to bring instances to its target distribution.

---

PROACTIVE - managed instance group will actively converge all instances between zones to its target distribution.

TYPE must be one of: NONE, PROACTIVE.

--stateful-disks=DEVICE_NAME,[DEVICE_NAME,...]

Disks considered stateful by the instance group. Usually, the managed instance group deletes disks when deleting instances; however, in the case of stateful disks, these disks are detached from the deleted instance and attached to new instances the managed instance group creates.

--stateful-names

Enable stateful names of instances. Whenever instances with those names are restarted or recreated, they will have the same names as before. Use --no-stateful-names to disable stateful names.

--target-pool=[TARGET_POOL,...]

Specifies any target pools you want the instances of this managed instance group to be part of.

--zones=ZONE,[ZONE,...]

If this flag is specified a regional managed instance group will be created. The managed instance group will be in the same region as specified zones and will spread instances in it between specified zones.
All zones must belong to the same region. You may specify --region flag but it must be the region to which zones belong. This flag is mutually exclusive with --zone flag.

At most one of these may be specified:

--health-check=HEALTH_CHECK

Name of the health check to operate on.

--http-health-check=HTTP_HEALTH_CHECK

(DEPRECATED) Specifies the HTTP health check object used for autohealing instances in this group.
HttpHealthCheck is deprecated. Use --health-check instead.

--https-health-check=HTTPS_HEALTH_CHECK

(DEPRECATED) Specifies the HTTPS health check object used for autohealing instances in this group.
HttpsHealthCheck is deprecated. Use --health-check instead.

At most one of these may be specified:

--region=REGION

Region of the managed instance group to create. If not specified, you may be prompted to select a region.
A list of regions can be fetched by running:

$ gcloud compute regions list

If you specify --zones flag this flag must be unspecified or specify the region to which the zones you listed belong.
Overrides the default compute/region property value for this command invocation.

--zone=ZONE

Zone of the managed instance group to create. If not specified, you may be prompted to select a zone.
A list of zones can be fetched by running:

$ gcloud compute zones list

Overrides the default compute/zone property value for this command invocation.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

NOTES

$ gcloud compute instance-groups managed create $ gcloud beta compute instance-groups managed create