public sealed class CreateInstanceRequest : IMessage<CreateInstanceRequest>, IEquatable<CreateInstanceRequest>, IDeepCloneable<CreateInstanceRequest>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Spanner Instance Administration v1 API class CreateInstanceRequest.
The request for
[CreateInstance][google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.CreateInstance].
Required. The ID of the instance to create. Valid identifiers are of the
form [a-z][-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9] and must be between 2 and 64 characters in
length.
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(5.1.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [5.1.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest)\n- [5.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/5.0.0/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest)\n- [4.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/4.6.0/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest)\n- [4.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/4.5.0/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest)\n- [4.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/4.4.0/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest)\n- [4.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/4.3.0/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest)\n- 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sealed class CreateInstanceRequest : IMessage\u003cCreateInstanceRequest\u003e, IEquatable\u003cCreateInstanceRequest\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cCreateInstanceRequest\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Spanner Instance Administration v1 API class CreateInstanceRequest.\n\nThe request for\n\\[CreateInstance\\]\\[google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.CreateInstance\\]. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e CreateInstanceRequest \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[CreateInstanceRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[CreateInstanceRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[CreateInstanceRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### CreateInstanceRequest()\n\n public CreateInstanceRequest()\n\n### CreateInstanceRequest(CreateInstanceRequest)\n\n public CreateInstanceRequest(CreateInstanceRequest other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### Instance\n\n public Instance Instance { get; set; }\n\nRequired. The instance to create. The name may be omitted, but if\nspecified must be `\u003cparent\u003e/instances/\u003cinstance_id\u003e`.\n\n### InstanceId\n\n public string InstanceId { get; set; }\n\nRequired. The ID of the instance to create. Valid identifiers are of the\nform `[a-z][-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9]` and must be between 2 and 64 characters in\nlength.\n\n### Parent\n\n public string Parent { get; set; }\n\nRequired. The name of the project in which to create the instance. Values\nare of the form `projects/\u003cproject\u003e`.\n\n### ParentAsProjectName\n\n public ProjectName ParentAsProjectName { get; set; }\n\n[ProjectName](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Api.Gax/latest/Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames.ProjectName.html)-typed view over the [Parent](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Admin.Instance.V1.CreateInstanceRequest#Google_Cloud_Spanner_Admin_Instance_V1_CreateInstanceRequest_Parent) resource name property."]]
