# metalcloud-cli server-instance-group create

Create a new server instance group in an infrastructure

## Synopsis

Create a new server instance group in an infrastructure.

This command creates a new server instance group with the specified configuration.
The group will contain multiple server instances with identical specifications.

Arguments:
  infrastructure_id_or_label  The infrastructure ID (numeric) or label (string) to create the group in
  label                       Label for the new instance group
  server_type_id             Server type ID to use for instances in the group
  instance_count             Number of instances to create in the group
  os_template_id             (Optional) OS template ID to use for instances

Examples:
  ## Create instance group with 3 instances using server type 100
  metalcloud-cli server-instance-group create 1234 web-servers 100 3

  ## Create instance group with specific OS template
  metalcloud-cli server-instance-group create prod-env db-cluster 200 2 50

  ## Using alias
  metalcloud-cli ig new 1234 app-servers 150 5

```
metalcloud-cli server-instance-group create infrastructure_id_or_label label server_type_id instance_count [os_template_id] [flags]
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help   help for create
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -k, --api_key string         MetalCloud API key
  -c, --config string          Config file path
  -d, --debug                  Set to enable debug logging
  -e, --endpoint string        MetalCloud API endpoint
  -f, --format string          Output format. Supported values are 'text','csv','md','json','yaml'. (default "text")
  -i, --insecure_skip_verify   Set to allow insecure transport
  -l, --log_file string        Log file path
  -v, --verbosity string       Log level verbosity (default "INFO")
```

### SEE ALSO

* [metalcloud-cli server-instance-group](/content/configuration/cli/metalcloud-cli_server-instance-group.md)	 - Manage server instance groups within infrastructures

#### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 11-Aug-2025