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.TH "GCLOUD_DATASTORE_INDEXES_CREATE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud datastore indexes create \- create new datastore indexes based on your local index configuration



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud datastore indexes create\fR \fIINDEX_FILE\fR [\fB\-\-database\fR=\fIDATABASE\fR] [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

Create new datastore indexes based on your local index configuration. Any
indexes in your index file that do not exist will be created.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To create new indexes based on your local configuration, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud datastore indexes create ~/myapp/index.yaml
.RE

Detailed information about index configuration can be found at the index.yaml
reference (https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/tools/indexconfig).



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIINDEX_FILE\fR

The path to your \f5index.yaml\fR file. For a detailed look into defining your
\f5index.yaml\fR file, refer to this configuration guide:
https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/tools/indexconfig#Datastore_About_index_yaml


.RE
.sp

.SH "FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-database\fR=\fIDATABASE\fR

The database to operate on. If not specified, the CLI refers the \f5(default)\fR
database by default.

For example, to operate on database \f5testdb\fR:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud datastore indexes create \-\-database='testdb'
.RE


.RE
.sp

.SH "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 \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "NOTES"

These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha datastore indexes create
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta datastore indexes create
.RE