Required. The parent location where this cluster will be created.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource parent:
edgecontainer.clusters.create
Query parameters
Parameters
clusterId
string
Required. A client-specified unique identifier for the cluster.
requestId
string
A unique identifier for this request. Restricted to 36 ASCII characters. A random UUID is recommended. This request is only idempotent if requestId is provided.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-11 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage details how to create a new cluster within a specified project and location using the \u003ccode\u003ePOST\u003c/code\u003e method.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eparent\u003c/code\u003e path parameter, which is mandatory, identifies the location where the cluster will reside and also requires specific IAM permissions.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eclusterId\u003c/code\u003e query parameter is a required, client-specified unique identifier for the cluster, while \u003ccode\u003erequestId\u003c/code\u003e is optional and used for idempotent requests.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body requires an instance of the \u003ccode\u003eCluster\u003c/code\u003e resource, and a successful response returns an \u003ccode\u003eOperation\u003c/code\u003e resource.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request requires \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e scope for authorization.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: projects.locations.clusters.create\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization Scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nCreates a new Cluster in a given project and location.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://edgecontainer.googleapis.com/v1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*}/clusters`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Query parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [Cluster](/distributed-cloud/edge/1.6.0/docs/reference/container/rest/v1/projects.locations.clusters#Cluster).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of [Operation](/distributed-cloud/edge/1.6.0/docs/reference/container/rest/v1/projects.locations.operations#Operation).\n\n### Authorization Scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/)."]]
