This directory contains samples for Cloud Bigtable, which may be used as a refererence for how to use this product. Samples, quickstarts, and other documentation are available at cloud.google.com.
This page explains how to use the cbt command to connect to a Cloud Bigtable instance, perform basic administrative tasks, and read and write data in a table. More information about this quickstart is available at https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/quickstart-cbt
To run this sample:
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If this is your first time working with GCP products, you will need to set up the Cloud SDK or utilize Google Cloud Shell. This sample may require authetication and you will need to enable billing.
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Make a fork of this repo and clone the branch locally, then navigate to the sample directory you want to use.
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Install the dependencies needed to run the samples.
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Run the sample using
python instanceadmin.py
usage: instanceadmin.py [-h] [run] [dev-instance] [del-instance] [add-cluster] [del-cluster] project_id instance_id cluster_id
Demonstrates how to connect to Cloud Bigtable and run some basic operations.
Prerequisites: - Create a Cloud Bigtable cluster.
https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/creating-cluster - Set your Google
Application Default Credentials.
https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/application-default-
credentials
positional arguments:
project_id Your Cloud Platform project ID.
instance_id ID of the Cloud Bigtable instance to connect to.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--table TABLE Table to create and destroy. (default: Hello-Bigtable)
You can read the documentation for more details on API usage and use GitHub to browse the source and report issues.
View the contributing guidelines, the Python style guide for more information.