- NAME
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- gcloud ai indexes create - create a new Vertex AI index
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud ai indexes create--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME--metadata-file=METADATA_FILE[--description=DESCRIPTION] [--encryption-kms-key-name=ENCRYPTION_KMS_KEY_NAME] [--index-update-method=INDEX_UPDATE_METHOD] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--metadata-schema-uri=METADATA_SCHEMA_URI] [--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- EXAMPLES
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To create an index under project
examplein regionus-central1, encrypted with KMS keykms-key-name, run:gcloud ai indexes create --display-name=index --description=test --metadata-file=path/to/your/metadata.json --project=example --region=us-central1 --encryption-kms-key-name=kms-key-name - REQUIRED FLAGS
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--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME- Display name of the index.
--metadata-file=METADATA_FILE- Path to a local JSON file that contains the additional metadata information about the index.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--description=DESCRIPTION- Description of the index.
--encryption-kms-key-name=ENCRYPTION_KMS_KEY_NAME-
The Cloud KMS resource identifier of the customer managed encryption key used to
protect a resource. Has the form:
projects/my-project/locations/my-region/keyRings/my-kr/cryptoKeys/my-key.
The key needs to be in the same region as where the compute resource is created.
--index-update-method=INDEX_UPDATE_METHOD-
The update method to use with this index. Choose
stream-updateorbatch-update(case insensitive). If not set, batch update will be used by default.INDEX_UPDATE_METHODmust be one of:batch-update-
can update index with
gcloud ai indexes updateusingdatapoints files on Cloud Storage. stream-update-
can update datapoints with
upsert-datapointsand`delete-datapointsand will be applied nearly real-time.
--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. --metadata-schema-uri=METADATA_SCHEMA_URI- Points to a YAML file stored on Google Cloud Storage describing additional information about index.
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Region resource - Cloud region to create index. This represents a Cloud
resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can
be set in other ways.
To set the project
attribute:--region- provide the argument
on the command line with a fully specified name;ai/region- set the property
with a fully specified name;--project- choose one from the prompted list of available regions with a fully specified name;
- provide the argument
on the command line;core/project- set the property
. --region=REGION-
ID of the region or fully qualified identifier for the region.
To set the region
attribute:--region- provide the argument
on the command line;ai/region- set the property
;- choose one from the prompted list of available regions.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha ai indexes creategcloud beta ai indexes create
gcloud ai indexes create
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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.