gcp.gke.cluster.create

Start creation of a GKE cluster and return the provider long-running operation.

Overview

Property	Value
Workflow type	Linear
Library	Base-gcp
Version	1.0

Input Schema

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
connection_uuid	uuid	Yes	—	GCP CloudConnection UUID.
project_id	string	No	—	GCP project override; defaults to the connection project.
location	string	Yes	—	GKE region or zone.
name	string	Yes	—	Cluster name.
description	string	No	—	Cluster description.
network	string	No	—	VPC network name or selfLink.
subnetwork	string	No	—	Subnetwork name or selfLink.
release_channel	string	No	—	GKE release channel.
cluster_version	string	No	—	Initial master version.
initial_node_count	integer	Yes	3	Initial node count for the default pool (must be > 0).
remove_default_node_pool	boolean	No	—	Remove the default node pool after cluster creation.
node_config	json	No	—	Provider nodeConfig payload for the default pool.
private_cluster_config	json	No	—	Provider privateClusterConfig payload.
ip_allocation_policy	json	No	—	Provider ipAllocationPolicy payload.
master_authorized_networks_config	json	No	—	Provider masterAuthorizedNetworksConfig payload.
addons_config	json	No	—	Provider addonsConfig payload.
workload_identity_config	json	No	—	Provider workloadIdentityConfig payload.
resource_labels	json	No	—	Labels to apply to the cluster.
deletion_protection	boolean	No	—	GKE deletion protection setting.

Output Schema

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
connection_uuid	uuid	No	—	GCP CloudConnection UUID echoed from input.
project_id	string	No	—	Effective GCP project.
authenticated_project_id	string	No	—	Project resolved by credential validation.
auth_validation	boolean	No	—	True when credential validation succeeded.
default_service_account	string	No	—	Default compute service account
network_check	boolean	No	—	True when the supplied network was validated.
location	string	No	—	GKE region or zone used.
name	string	No	—	Cluster name.
description	string	No	—	Cluster description.
network	string	No	—	VPC network name or selfLink.
subnetwork	string	No	—	Subnetwork name or selfLink.
release_channel	string	No	—	GKE release channel.
cluster_version	string	No	—	Initial master version.
initial_node_count	integer	No	—	Initial node count for the default pool.
remove_default_node_pool	boolean	No	—	Remove the default node pool after cluster creation.
node_config	json	No	—	Provider nodeConfig payload for the default pool.
private_cluster_config	json	No	—	Provider privateClusterConfig payload.
ip_allocation_policy	json	No	—	Provider ipAllocationPolicy payload.
master_authorized_networks_config	json	No	—	Provider masterAuthorizedNetworksConfig payload.
addons_config	json	No	—	Provider addonsConfig payload.
workload_identity_config	json	No	—	Provider workloadIdentityConfig payload.
resource_labels	json	No	—	Labels to apply to the cluster.
deletion_protection	boolean	No	—	GKE deletion protection setting.
request_id	string	No	—	Optional provider request id for retry safety.
provider_resource_id	string	No	—	projects/{project}/locations/{location}/clusters/{name}.
operation_name	string	No	—	GKE long-running operation name.
operation_status	string	No	—	Initial provider operation status.
operation	json	No	—	Sanitized provider operation response.
cluster_request	json	No	—	Sanitized cluster create request sent to GKE.
failure_reason	string	No	—	Human-readable failure reason.
failure_type	string	No	—	Engine exception class.
failure_category	string	No	—	Provider failure category.
failure_details	json	No	—	Structured provider failure details.
failed_step	string	No	—	Failed logical step.
failed_layer	json	No	—	Engine failed layer.
failed_at_state	string	No	—	State where failure occurred.
failed_action	string	No	—	Failed transition action.
error	string	No	—	Error message.
error_type	string	No	—	Error class.
failed_at	string	No	—	ISO failure timestamp.

States

State	Initial	Terminal	Success	Auto-advance	Description
pending	Yes	No	—	preflight	—
executing	No	No	—	complete	—
preflighting	No	No	—	execute	—
completed	No	Yes	Yes	—	—
failed	No	Yes	No	—	—

State Diagram

Transitions

From	Action	To	Description
pending	preflight	preflighting	—
preflighting	execute	executing	—
executing	complete	completed	—
* (any state)	fail	failed	—

API Usage

POST /api/workflows/start
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "workflow_type": "gcp.gke.cluster.create",
  "initial_data": {
    "connection_uuid": "value",
    "location": "value",
    "name": "value",
    "initial_node_count": 123
  }
}