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# kubox admin create

Create a Kubox cluster

### Synopsis

Accepts a YAML cluster file as input and creates or updates a Kubox cluster

```
kubox admin create [flags]
```

### Options

```
      --build-log-driver string       database/sql driver for --build-log-dsn (env: KUBOX_BUILD_LOG_DRIVER, default postgres)
      --build-log-dsn string          Connection string for a SQL store to ship the step-by-step build timeline to (env: KUBOX_BUILD_LOG_DSN)
      --build-log-run-id string       Identifier tying this run's events together in the build log store
      --ensure-manifests kubox init   Write the embedded cluster manifests first if the GitOps directory is missing (what kubox init does)
  -f, --file string                   Path to the YAML file
  -h, --help                          help for create
  -p, --provider string               Provider type (aws, mock) - overrides auto-detection
```

### Global options

See [global options](/cli-reference/kubox#global-options).

### SEE ALSO

* [kubox admin](/cli-reference/kubox_admin)	 - The primitives the plane, cloud and cluster commands are built from