--- title: "Create Stratus Instance" url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/java/v1/cloud-scale/stratus/create-stratus-instance/ description: "This page lists the Java SDK method to create a Stratus instance." last_updated: 2026-09-08T11:07:33Z service: Cloud Scale type: general related_links: - name: "Stratus Component Help Documentation" url: /en/cloud-scale/help/stratus/introduction - name: "JavaScript SDK Documentation" url: /en/sdk/javascript/v1/cloudscale/stratus/create-instance/ - name: "Python SDK" url: /en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/stratus/create-stratus-instance/ - name: "iOS SDK" url: /en/sdk/ios/v2/cloud-scale/stratus/create-bucket-instance/ - name: "Android SDK" url: /en/sdk/android/v2/cloud-scale/stratus/create-bucket-instance/ - name: "Flutter SDK" url: /en/sdk/flutter/v2/cloud-scale/stratus/initialize-stratus/ - name: "REST API" url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/stratus/get-all-buckets/#GetAllBuckets --- # Create Stratus Instance You can get the `stratus` component reference as shown below. This will not fire a server-side call. We will refer to this component instance in various code snippets of working with Stratus. #### Sample Code Snippet **Package Imports** ```java import com.zc.component.stratus.ZCStratus; ``` ```java ZCStratus stratus = ZCStratus.getInstance(); ```