- NAME
-
- gcloud alpha edge-cloud api-keys create - create a Google Distributed Cloud API key
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud alpha edge-cloud api-keys create(API_KEY:--location=LOCATION)--service-account-name=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME--zone=ZONE[--api-target=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--async] [--validity=VALIDITY] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
(ALPHA)Creates a Google Distributed Cloud API key. - EXAMPLES
- To create a service-account-bound API key in a specific Google Distributed Cloud zone
- that is valid for two hours and restricted to specific API methods, run:
-
gcloud alpha edge-cloud api-keys create my-api-key --location=us-central1 --project=my-project --zone=us-central1-edge-zone1 --service-account-name=projects/my-project/locations/us-central1/serviceAccounts/my-sa --validity=7200s --api-target service="compute.test-api.com",methods="*" --api-target service="storage.test-api.com",methods="GET|LIST" - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
-
ApiKey resource - The API key to be created. 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_keyon 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_KEY-
ID of the apiKey or fully qualified identifier for the apiKey.
To set the
api_keyattribute:-
provide the argument
api_keyon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
-
provide the argument
--location=LOCATION-
The location name.
To set the
locationattribute:-
provide the argument
api_keyon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
-
provide the argument
-
provide the argument
-
ApiKey resource - The API key to be created. 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.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--service-account-name=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME- The name of the service account to bind the API key to.
--zone=ZONE- The Google Distributed Cloud zone ID where the API key will be created.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
-
--api-target=[KEY=VALUE,…]-
API target restriction. Can be specified multiple times. Each instance is a
comma-separated list of key=value pairs.
- Required keys: 'service'.
- Optional keys: 'methods'. 'methods' should be a pipe-separated string. Omit the 'methods' key to allow all methods.
Examples:
-
--api-target service="compute.test-api.com",methods="*" -
--api-target service="storage.test-api.com",methods="GET|LIST" -
--api-target service="pubsub.test-api.com"
--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--validity=VALIDITY- The validity duration for the key (e.g., 3600s, 1h, 1d). Default and maximum allowed is 366d.
- 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. - API REFERENCE
-
This command uses the
edgecontainer/v1alphaAPI. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/edge-cloud - NOTES
- 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.
gcloud alpha edge-cloud api-keys create
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Last updated 2026-02-10 UTC.