---
title: "Create New Operational Insights Cluster"
method: POST
path: "/v4/organizations/{organizationId}/projects/{projectId}/operationalInsightsClusters"
tags: ["Operational Insights Clusters"]
---

# Create New Operational Insights Cluster

`POST /v4/organizations/{organizationId}/projects/{projectId}/operationalInsightsClusters`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cloudapi.cloud.couchbase.com`
- URL: `https://cloudapi.cloud.couchbase.com/v4/organizations/{organizationId}/projects/{projectId}/operationalInsightsClusters`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/couchbase/apis/couchbase-capella-management-api/docs/v4/organizations/:organizationId/projects/:projectId/operationalInsightsClusters/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates a new Operational Insights cluster.

In order to access this endpoint, the provided API key must have at least one of the following roles:
- Organization Owner
- Project  Owner
- Project Manager

     To learn more, see [Organization, Project, and Database Access Overview](https://docs.couchbase.com/cloud/organizations/organization-projects-overview.html).

## Request body

- CreateColumnarAnalyticsClusterRequest: Create an analytics cluster
  - `name` string, required: Name of the analytics cluster
  - `description` string: The description of the analytics cluster.
  - `cloudProvider` 'aws' | 'gcp', required: Cloud provider selection 1. `aws`: Amazon Web Services 2. `gcp`: Google Cloud Platform
  - `region` string, required: Which region should the analytics cluster be deployed in.
  - `nodes` integer, required: The number of nodes.
  - `support` ColumnarSupport, required
    - `plan` 'developer pro' | 'enterprise', required: Plan type, 'Developer Pro', or 'Enterprise'.
    - `timezone` 'ET' | 'GMT' | 'IST' | 'PT', required: The standard timezone for the cluster. Should be the TZ identifier.
  - `compute` Compute, required: Following are the supported compute combinations for CPU and RAM for different cloud providers. To learn more, see [Amazon Web Services](https://docs.couchbase.com/cloud/reference/aws.html).
    - `cpu` integer, required: CPU units (cores).
    - `ram` integer, required: RAM units (GB).
  - `availability` Availability, required
    - `type` 'single' | 'multi', required: Availability zone type, either 'single' or 'multi'. Availability zone type allowed for singleNode cluster is only 'single'.

## Response `202`

Successfully created an Operational Insights cluster.

- CreateColumnarAnalyticsClusterResponse: Create an analytics cluster
  - `id` string, uuid, required: The UUID of the analytics cluster created.

## Other responses

- `401`: The client does not have the valid credentials to access this resource.
- `402`: The request is unavailable unavailable for trial accounts.
- `403`: The client does not have the necessary permissions to access this resource.
- `404`: The requested resource was not found.
- `422`: Request validation error.
- `429`: Returned when the client exceeds the rate limit for the given APIKey.
- `500`: An unexpected error occurred in the server while processing this request.

## Changes

- **2026-10-19** `a5e88bcf71cb`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/couchbase/apis/couchbase-capella-management-api/changes/v4/organizations/:organizationId/projects/:projectId/operationalInsightsClusters/post.md)

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