Creates an instance. When creating from a backup, the capacity of the new instance needs to be equal to or larger than the capacity of the backup (and also equal to or larger than the minimum capacity of the tier).
HTTP request
POST https://file.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*}/instances
Required. The instance's project and location, in the format projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}. In Filestore, locations map to Google Cloud zones, for example us-west1-b.
Query parameters
Parameters
instanceId
string
Required. The ID of the instance to create. The ID must be unique within the specified project and location.
This value must start with a lowercase letter followed by up to 62 lowercase letters, numbers, or hyphens, and cannot end with a hyphen.
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Instance.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Operation.
[[["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 2025-01-29 UTC."],[[["This API endpoint facilitates the creation of a new instance within a specified project and location, where the `parent` path parameter determines the project and location."],["The `instanceId` query parameter is mandatory and defines the unique identifier for the new instance, adhering to specific formatting rules."],["The request body must include details for a new instance using the [Instance](/filestore/docs/reference/rest/v1beta1/projects.locations.instances#Instance) format, and when creating from a backup, the capacity of the new instance should be equal to or larger than the backup's capacity."],["Upon successful execution, the API returns a response body containing an instance of [Operation](/filestore/docs/reference/rest/Shared.Types/ListOperationsResponse#Operation)."],["Authorization to use this endpoint requires the `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` OAuth scope."]]],[]]
