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gcloud compute instances bulk create accepts instance flexibility and min CPU platform settings

Introduced 2026-09-29 · score 0.90

HOW TO USE IT

To create bulk Compute Engine instances with selected machine types and a minimum CPU platform, use the beta bulk-create command with `--instance-selection` or `--instance-flexibility-policy`.

gcloud beta compute instances bulk create --name-pattern=<name-pattern> --count=<count> --region=<region> --instance-selection="name=<selection-name>,machine-type=<machine-type>,min-cpu-platform=<platform>"
gcloud beta compute instances bulk create --name-pattern=<name-pattern> --count=<count> --region=<region> --instance-flexibility-policy='{"instanceSelections":{"<selection-name>":{"rank":<rank>,"machineTypes":["<machine-type>"],"minCpuPlatform":"<platform>"}}}'

WHY THIS HELPS

Specify instance flexibility and a minimum CPU platform when bulk creating Compute Engine instances.

REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

  • Availability: beta
  • --name-pattern (required): Pattern for instance names; alternatively provide `--predefined-names`.
  • --count: Number of instances to create; when omitted with predefined names, uses the number of names provided.
  • --region (required): Region for bulk creation; alternatively specify `--zone`.
  • --instance-selection: Named machine-type selection; repeat the flag for each selection. This form supports minimum CPU platform overrides but not disks.
  • name (required): Name for the selection.
  • machine-type (required): Machine type in the selection; the flag syntax allows repeated machine-type values.
  • rank: Optional rank for the named selection.
  • min-cpu-platform: Minimum CPU platform override for the selection.
  • --instance-flexibility-policy: JSON policy containing named selections; may specify additional overrides such as minimum CPU platform and disks. Mutually exclusive with `--instance-selection` and `--instance-selection-machine-types`.
  • instanceSelections (required): Object mapping selection names to selection configurations.
  • rank: Optional selection rank in the flexibility policy.
  • machineTypes (required): Array of machine types for the selection.
  • minCpuPlatform: Minimum CPU platform for the selection.
  • disks: Disk overrides for the selection; the docs example uses entries with `deviceName` and `boot`.
  • deviceName: Disk device name in the documented flexibility-policy example.
  • boot: Whether the documented policy disk is a boot disk.

FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE

Check the installed version and the source before using it. Entry JSON

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