Question

How to create a GKE cluster with minimum CPU platform?

Answer 1

To create a new cluster with a minimum CPU platform using the gcloud command-line tool, set the --min-cpu-platform flag and specify the user-friendly name for the CPU platform:

gcloud container clusters create [CLUSTER_NAME] --zone [COMPUTE_ZONE] \ --min-cpu-platform [PLATFORM_NAME]

where:

• [CLUSTER_NAME] is the name you choose for the cluster.

• [COMPUTE_ZONE] is the cluster's compute zone.

• [PLATFORM_NAME] is the desired CPU platform to run in the cluster.

For example, the following command creates a cluster named example-cluster with the Intel Broadwell platform:

gcloud container clusters create example-cluster --zone us-central1-a \ --min-cpu-platform “Intel Broadwell”