---
title: "POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instantSnapshotGroups"
method: POST
path: "/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instantSnapshotGroups"
tags: ["instantSnapshotGroups"]
---

# POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instantSnapshotGroups

`POST /projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instantSnapshotGroups`

inserts a Zonal InstantSnapshotGroup resource

## Path parameters

- `project` string, required
- `zone` string, required

## Query parameters

- `requestId` string
- `sourceConsistencyGroup` string

## Request body

- InstantSnapshotGroup — Represents an InstantSnapshotGroup resource. An instant snapshot group is a set of instant snapshots that represents a point in time state of a consistency group.
  - `sourceConsistencyGroup` string
  - `name` string — Identifier. Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply withRFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?` which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
  - `resourceStatus` InstantSnapshotGroupResourceStatus
    - `sourceInfo` InstantSnapshotGroupSourceInfo
      - `consistencyGroupId` string
      - `consistencyGroup` string
    - `consistencyMembershipResolutionTime` string, google-datetime — Output only. [Output Only]
  - `zone` string — Output only. [Output Only] URL of the zone where the instant snapshot group resides. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body.
  - `kind` string — Output only. [Output Only] Type of the resource. Alwayscompute#instantSnapshotGroup for InstantSnapshotGroup resources.
  - `selfLink` string — Output only. [Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
  - `status` 'CREATING' | 'DELETING' | 'FAILED' | 'INVALID' | 'READY' | 'UNKNOWN' — Output only. [Output Only]
  - `description` string — Optional. An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
  - `region` string — Output only. [Output Only] URL of the region where the instant snapshot group resides. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body.
  - `creationTimestamp` string — Output only. [Output Only] Creation timestamp inRFC3339 text format.
  - `selfLinkWithId` string — Output only. [Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource's resource id.
  - `id` string, uint64 — Output only. [Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.

## Response `200`

Successful response

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