- NAME
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- gcloud alpha apihub api-hub-instances create - create an Api Hub Instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha apihub api-hub-instances create(API_HUB_INSTANCE:--location=LOCATION) (--config-cmek-key-name=CONFIG_CMEK_KEY_NAME--config-disable-search--config-encryption-type=CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_TYPE--config-vertex-location=CONFIG_VERTEX_LOCATION) [--async] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--labels=[LABELS,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Create an api hub instance - EXAMPLES
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To create an API Hub instance, run:
gcloud alpha apihub api-hub-instances create --project=my-project --location=us-central1 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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ApiHubInstance resource - Identifier. Format:
projects/{project}/locations/{location}/apiHubInstances/{apiHubInstance}. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.To set the
projectattribute:-
provide the argument
api_hub_instanceon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
API_HUB_INSTANCE-
ID of the apiHubInstance or fully qualified identifier for the apiHubInstance.
To set the
api_hub_instanceattribute:-
provide the argument
api_hub_instanceon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument
--location=LOCATION-
The location id of the apiHubInstance resource.
To set the
locationattribute:-
provide the argument
api_hub_instanceon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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ApiHubInstance resource - Identifier. Format:
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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Available configurations to provision an ApiHub Instance.
At least one of these must be specified:
--config-cmek-key-name=CONFIG_CMEK_KEY_NAME-
The Customer Managed Encryption Key (CMEK) used for data encryption. The CMEK
name should follow the format of
projects/([^/]+)/locations/([^/]+)/keyRings/([^/]+)/cryptoKeys/([^/]+), where the location must match the instance location. If the CMEK is not provided, a GMEK will be created for the instance. --config-disable-search- If true, the search will be disabled for the instance. The default value is false.
--config-encryption-type=CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_TYPE-
Encryption type for the region. If the encryption type is CMEK, the
cmek_key_name must be provided. If no encryption type is provided, GMEK will be
used.
CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_TYPEmust be one of:cmek- Encryption using customer managed encryption key.
gmek- Default encryption using Google managed encryption key.
--config-vertex-location=CONFIG_VERTEX_LOCATION- The name of the Vertex AI location where the data store is stored.
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Available configurations to provision an ApiHub Instance.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--description=DESCRIPTION- Description of the ApiHub instance.
--labels=[LABELS,…]-
Instance labels to represent user-provided metadata. Refer to cloud
documentation on labels for more details. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/labeling-resources.
KEY-
Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens
(
-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers. VALUE-
Values must contain only hyphens (
-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers.
Shorthand Example:--labels=string=string
JSON Example:--labels='{"string": "string"}'
File Example:--labels=path_to_file.(yaml|json)
- 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. - API REFERENCE
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This command uses the
apihub/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-hub/what-is-api-hub - NOTES
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This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. This variant is also available:
gcloud apihub api-hub-instances create
gcloud alpha apihub api-hub-instances create
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Last updated 2026-02-24 UTC.