gcloud container bare-metal admin-clusters create

NAME

gcloud container bare-metal admin-clusters create - create an Anthos on bare metal admin cluster

SYNOPSIS

gcloud container bare-metal admin-clusters create (ADMIN_CLUSTER : --location=LOCATION) --version=VERSION (--control-plane-load-balancer-port=CONTROL_PLANE_LOAD_BALANCER_PORT --control-plane-vip=CONTROL_PLANE_VIP : --enable-manual-lb) ((((--control-plane-node-configs=[labels=LABELS],[node-ip=NODE-IP] : --control-plane-node-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…] --control-plane-node-taints=[KEY=VALUE:EFFECT,…]))) : --api-server-args=[KEY=VALUE,…]) (--island-mode-pod-address-cidr-blocks=POD_ADDRESS,[POD_ADDRESS,…] --island-mode-service-address-cidr-blocks=SERVICE_ADDRESS,[…]) ((--lvp-node-mounts-config-path=LVP_NODE_MOUNTS_CONFIG_PATH --lvp-node-mounts-config-storage-class=LVP_NODE_MOUNTS_CONFIG_STORAGE_CLASS) ((--lvp-share-path=LVP_SHARE_PATH --lvp-share-storage-class=LVP_SHARE_STORAGE_CLASS) : --shared-path-pv-count=SHARED_PATH_PV_COUNT)) [--admin-users=ADMIN_USERS] [--annotations=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--async] [--binauthz-evaluation-mode=BINAUTHZ_EVALUATION_MODE] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--enable-application-logs] [--login-user=LOGIN_USER] [--maintenance-address-cidr-blocks=[MAINTENANCE_ADDRESS_CIDR_BLOCKS,…]] [--max-pods-per-node=MAX_PODS_PER_NODE] [--validate-only] [--uri=URI : --no-proxy=[NO_PROXY,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Create an Anthos on bare metal admin cluster.

EXAMPLES

To create a cluster named my-cluster managed in location us-west1, run:

gcloud container bare-metal admin-clusters create my-cluster --location=us-west1

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Admin cluster resource - admin cluster to create The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this 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 admin_cluster on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --project on the command line;
set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

ADMIN_CLUSTER

ID of the admin_cluster or fully qualified identifier for the admin_cluster.

To set the admin_cluster attribute:

provide the argument admin_cluster on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--location=LOCATION

Google Cloud location for the admin_cluster. To set the location attribute:

provide the argument admin_cluster on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --location on the command line;
set the property container_bare_metal/location.

REQUIRED FLAGS

--version=VERSION

Anthos cluster on bare metal version for the admin cluster resource.

Anthos on bare metal admin cluster load balancer configuration. This must be specified. Control plane load balancer port configuration. This must be specified.

--control-plane-load-balancer-port=CONTROL_PLANE_LOAD_BALANCER_PORT: Control plane load balancer port configuration.

VIPs used by the load balancer. This must be specified.

--control-plane-vip=CONTROL_PLANE_VIP: VIP for the Kubernetes API of this cluster.

Manual load balancer configuration.

--enable-manual-lb

ManualLB typed load balancers configuration.

Anthos on bare metal cluster control plane configuration. At least one of these must be specified:

--api-server-args=[KEY=VALUE,…]

API Server argument configuration.

Anthos on bare metal cluster control plane node pool configuration. This must be specified. Anthos on bare metal node pool configuration for control plane nodes. This must be specified. Anthos on bare metal node configuration for control plane nodes. This must be specified. Populate control plane node config. Exactly one of these must be specified:

--control-plane-node-configs=[labels=LABELS],[node-ip=NODE-IP]: Control plane node configuration.

--control-plane-node-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]

Labels assigned to nodes of a node pool.

--control-plane-node-taints=[KEY=VALUE:EFFECT,…]

Node taint applied to every Kubernetes node in a node pool.

Populate one of the network configs. This must be specified. Island mode CIDR network configuration.

--island-mode-pod-address-cidr-blocks=POD_ADDRESS,[POD_ADDRESS,…]

IPv4 address range for all pods in the cluster. This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--island-mode-service-address-cidr-blocks=SERVICE_ADDRESS,[…]

IPv4 address range for all services in the cluster. This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. Anthos on bare metal cluster storage configuration. This must be specified. LVP node mounts class and path used by the storage. This must be specified.

--lvp-node-mounts-config-path=LVP_NODE_MOUNTS_CONFIG_PATH

Path for the LVP node mounts class. This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--lvp-node-mounts-config-storage-class=LVP_NODE_MOUNTS_CONFIG_STORAGE_CLASS

Storage class for LVP node mounts. This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. LVP share configuration. At least one of these must be specified:

--shared-path-pv-count=SHARED_PATH_PV_COUNT

Number of subdirectories to create under path.

LVP share class and path used by the storage. This must be specified. Path for the LVP share class. This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified. Storage class for LVP share. This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

Anthos on bare metal admin cluster security configuration. Admin cluster authorization configurations

--admin-users=ADMIN_USERS

Users that will be granted the view role on the admin cluster, providing view only access to the cluster.

--annotations=[KEY=VALUE,…]

Annotations on the Anthos on bare metal resource.

--async

Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.

--binauthz-evaluation-mode=BINAUTHZ_EVALUATION_MODE

Set Binary Authorization evaluation mode for this cluster. BINAUTHZ_EVALUATION_MODE must be one of: DISABLED, PROJECT_SINGLETON_POLICY_ENFORCE.

--description=DESCRIPTION

Description for the resource.

Anthos on bare metal cluster operations configuration.

--enable-application-logs

Whether collection of application logs/metrics should be enabled (in addition to system logs/metrics).

Anthos on bare metal node access related settings for the admin cluster.

User name used to access node machines.

Anthos on bare metal cluster maintenance configuration.

--maintenance-address-cidr-blocks=[MAINTENANCE_ADDRESS_CIDR_BLOCKS,…]

IPv4 addresses to be placed into maintenance mode.

Anthos on bare metal admin cluster workload node configuration.

--max-pods-per-node=MAX_PODS_PER_NODE

Maximum number of pods a node can run.

--validate-only

If set, only validate the request, but do not actually perform the operation.

Anthos on bare metal cluster proxy configuration.

--uri=URI

Address of the proxy server. This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--no-proxy=[NO_PROXY,…]

List of IPs, hostnames, and domains that should skip the proxy.

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

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha container bare-metal admin-clusters create

gcloud beta container bare-metal admin-clusters create

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.