---
title: "POST /v1/{+parent}/instances"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+parent}/instances"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# POST /v1/{+parent}/instances

`POST /v1/{+parent}/instances`

Creates a Parallelstore instance in a given project and location.

## Path parameters

- `parent` string, required

## Query parameters

- `instanceId` string
- `requestId` string

## Request body

- Instance — A Parallelstore instance.
  - `labels` object — Optional. Cloud Labels are a flexible and lightweight mechanism for organizing cloud resources into groups that reflect a customer's organizational needs and deployment strategies. See https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/labels-overview for details.
  - `reservedIpRange` string — Optional. Immutable. The ID of the IP address range being used by the instance's VPC network. See [Configure a VPC network](https://cloud.google.com/parallelstore/docs/vpc#create_and_configure_the_vpc). If no ID is provided, all ranges are considered.
  - `network` string — Optional. Immutable. The name of the Compute Engine [VPC network](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/vpc) to which the instance is connected.
  - `directoryStripeLevel` 'DIRECTORY_STRIPE_LEVEL_UNSPECIFIED' | 'DIRECTORY_STRIPE_LEVEL_MIN' | 'DIRECTORY_STRIPE_LEVEL_BALANCED' | 'DIRECTORY_STRIPE_LEVEL_MAX' — Optional. Immutable. Stripe level for directories. Allowed values are: * `DIRECTORY_STRIPE_LEVEL_MIN`: recommended when directories contain a small number of files. * `DIRECTORY_STRIPE_LEVEL_BALANCED`: balances performance for workloads involving a mix of small and large directories. * `DIRECTORY_STRIPE_LEVEL_MAX`: recommended for directories with a large number of files.
  - `name` string — Identifier. The resource name of the instance, in the format `projects/{project}/locations/{location}/instances/{instance_id}`.
  - `state` 'STATE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'CREATING' | 'ACTIVE' | 'DELETING' | 'FAILED' | 'UPGRADING' | 'REPAIRING' — Output only. The instance state.
  - `effectiveReservedIpRange` string — Output only. Immutable. The ID of the IP address range being used by the instance's VPC network. This field is populated by the service and contains the value currently used by the service.
  - `accessPoints` string[] — Output only. A list of IPv4 addresses used for client side configuration.
  - `daosVersion` string — Output only. Deprecated: The version of DAOS software running in the instance.
  - `capacityGib` string, int64 — Required. Immutable. The instance's storage capacity in Gibibytes (GiB). Allowed values are between 12000 and 100000, in multiples of 4000; e.g., 12000, 16000, 20000, ...
  - `updateTime` string, google-datetime — Output only. The time when the instance was updated.
  - `fileStripeLevel` 'FILE_STRIPE_LEVEL_UNSPECIFIED' | 'FILE_STRIPE_LEVEL_MIN' | 'FILE_STRIPE_LEVEL_BALANCED' | 'FILE_STRIPE_LEVEL_MAX' — Optional. Immutable. Stripe level for files. Allowed values are: * `FILE_STRIPE_LEVEL_MIN`: offers the best performance for small size files. * `FILE_STRIPE_LEVEL_BALANCED`: balances performance for workloads involving a mix of small and large files. * `FILE_STRIPE_LEVEL_MAX`: higher throughput performance for larger files.
  - `createTime` string, google-datetime — Output only. The time when the instance was created.
  - `description` string — Optional. The description of the instance. 2048 characters or less.
  - `deploymentType` 'DEPLOYMENT_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'SCRATCH' | 'PERSISTENT' — Optional. Immutable. The deployment type of the instance. Allowed values are: * `SCRATCH`: the instance is a scratch instance. * `PERSISTENT`: the instance is a persistent instance.

## Response `200`

Successful response

---

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