---
title: "group create"
slug: "group-create"
tags: ["5.5"]
updated: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
published: 2026-10-27T23:00:54Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/group-create"
---

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# group create

This command creates a group on the VAST provider.

#### Usage

```plaintext
group add --name NAME
          --gid GID
          --vast-provider-id ID
         [--identity-policies IDs]
```

## Required Parameters

| `--name NAME` | Sets the group's name. |
| --- | --- |
| `--gid GID` | Specifies the group's POSIX (NFS) GID attribute. |
| `--vast-provider-id ID` | Specifies a VAST provider with which the group is associated. |

## Options

| `--identity-policy-ids` | Specifies identity policies with which the group is associated, as a comma-separated list. |
| --- | --- |

## Examples

```plaintext
vcli: admin> group create --name mygroup --gid 1000 --vast-provider-id 1
```