gcloud alpha kms keyrings create

NAME

gcloud alpha kms keyrings create - create a new keyring

SYNOPSIS

gcloud alpha kms keyrings create (KEYRING : --location=LOCATION) [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

(ALPHA) Creates a new keyring within the given location.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Keyring resource - The KMS keyring resource. 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 keyring on the command line with a fully specified name;
set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

KEYRING

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

To set the keyring attribute:

provide the argument keyring on the command line.

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

--location=LOCATION

The Google Cloud location for the keyring. To set the location attribute:

provide the argument keyring on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --location on the command line.

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

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist. These variants are also available:

gcloud kms keyrings create

gcloud beta kms keyrings create

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

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