gcloud alpha ai indexes create

NAME
gcloud alpha ai indexes create - create a new Vertex AI index
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha 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 …]
EXAMPLES
To create an index under project example in region us-central1, encrypted with KMS key kms-key-name, run: 
gcloud alpha 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
--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
--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-update or batch-update (case insensitive). If not set, batch update will be used by default. INDEX_UPDATE_METHOD must be one of:
batch-update
can update index with gcloud ai indexes update usingdatapoints files on Cloud Storage.
stream-update
can update datapoints with upsert-datapoints and`delete-datapoints and 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.
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:

  • provide the argument --region on the command line with a fully specified name;
  • set the property ai/region with a fully specified name;
  • choose one from the prompted list of available regions with a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument --project on the command line;
  • set the property core/project.
--region=REGION
ID of the region or fully qualified identifier for the region.

To set the region attribute:

  • provide the argument --region on the command line;
  • set the property ai/region;
  • choose one from the prompted list of available regions.
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 help for details.

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. These variants are also available: 
gcloud ai indexes create
 
gcloud beta ai indexes create