Install the gcloud CLI
As an alternative to the Google Cloud console, you can use the
Google Cloud CLI and the cbt
command-line tool to
manage your Cloud Bigtable instances from the command line.
Install the tools
To install the command-line tools:
Install the gcloud CLI, which provides the
gcloud
command-line tool.If you've already installed the gcloud CLI, run the following command to make sure it's up to date:
gcloud components update
Install or update the
beta
component of the gcloud CLI, along with thecbt
tool:gcloud components install beta cbt
Set a default project for the gcloud CLI, replacing
PROJECT_ID
with the project where your Bigtable instances are located:gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID
You can now use the gcloud
and cbt
tools for Bigtable.
Get help
For the gcloud CLI, each command for working with Bigtable
begins with gcloud bigtable
or gcloud beta bigtable
. To get help for each
command, see the reference documentation or
beta reference documentation, or use the gcloud CLI
itself to get help:
gcloud bigtable clusters --help # help for all commands
gcloud bigtable clusters create --help # help for the `create` command
For the cbt
tool, get help from the reference documentation,
or use the cbt
tool itself to get help:
cbt help # view a list of commands and help for all commands
cbt help createtable # help for the `createtable` command
What's next
- Learn how to create a Bigtable instance.
- Find out how to view and update existing Bigtable instances.
- Learn how to delete a Bigtable instance.
- See other maintenance tasks you can perform with the
cbt
tool.