Creates a new PrivateCloud resource in a given project and location. Private clouds of type STANDARD and TIME_LIMITED are zonal resources, STRETCHED private clouds are regional. Creating a private cloud also creates a management cluster for that private cloud.
HTTP request
POST https://vmwareengine.googleapis.com/v1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*}/privateClouds
Required. The resource name of the location to create the new private cloud in. Resource names are schemeless URIs that follow the conventions in https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names. For example: projects/my-project/locations/us-central1-a
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource parent:
vmwareengine.privateClouds.create
Query parameters
Parameters
privateCloudId
string
Required. The user-provided identifier of the private cloud to be created. This identifier must be unique among each PrivateCloud within the parent and becomes the final token in the name URI. The identifier must meet the following requirements:
Only contains 1-63 alphanumeric characters and hyphens
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