## kops create instancegroup Create an instancegroup. ### Synopsis Create an InstanceGroup configuration. An InstanceGroup is a group of similar virtual machines. On AWS, an InstanceGroup maps to an AutoScalingGroup. The Role of an InstanceGroup defines whether machines will act as a Kubernetes control-plane, or worker node. ``` kops create instancegroup INSTANCE_GROUP [flags] ``` ### Examples ``` # Create an instancegroup for the k8s-cluster.example.com cluster. kops create instancegroup --name=k8s-cluster.example.com node-example \ --role node --subnet my-subnet-name,my-other-subnet-name # Create a YAML manifest for an instancegroup for the k8s-cluster.example.com cluster. kops create instancegroup --name=k8s-cluster.example.com node-example \ --role node --subnet my-subnet-name --dry-run -oyaml ``` ### Options ``` --dry-run Only print the object that would be created, without created it. This flag can be used to create an instance group YAML or JSON manifest. --edit Open an editor to edit default values (default true) -h, --help help for instancegroup -o, --output string Output format. One of json or yaml --role string Type of instance group to create (control-plane,node,bastion) (default "node") --subnet strings Subnet in which to create instance group. One of Availability Zone like eu-west-1a or a comma-separated list of multiple Availability Zones. ``` ### Options inherited from parent commands ``` --config string yaml config file (default is $HOME/.kops.yaml) --name string Name of cluster. Overrides KOPS_CLUSTER_NAME environment variable --state string Location of state storage (kops 'config' file). Overrides KOPS_STATE_STORE environment variable -v, --v Level number for the log level verbosity ``` ### SEE ALSO * [kops create](kops_create.md) - Create a resource by command line, filename or stdin.