Cloud Dataproc staging bucket

When you create a cluster, by default, Cloud Dataproc will create a Cloud Storage staging bucket in your project or reuse an existing Cloud Dataproc-created staging bucket from a previous cluster creation request. This bucket is used to stage cluster job dependencies, job driver output, and cluster config files. Instead of relying on the creation of a default staging bucket, you can specify an existing Cloud Storage bucket that Cloud Dataproc will use as your cluster's staging bucket.

gcloud command

Run the gcloud dataproc clusters create command with the --bucket flag locally in a terminal window or in Cloud Shell to specify your cluster's staging bucket.

gcloud dataproc clusters create  cluster-name \
    --bucket=bucket URI (for example, gs://mybucket-name) \
    other args ...

REST API

Use the ClusterConfig.configBucket field in a clusters.create request to specify your cluster's staging bucket.

Console

Use the Cloud Storage staging bucket field in the Create a cluster→Advanced options panel of the Google Cloud Platform Console to specify or select your cluster's staging bucket.

A separate bucket is used in each geographical region, as determined by the Compute Engine zone of the cluster (a Cloud Dataproc-created staging bucket is shared among clusters in the same region). Staging buckets are used to stage miscellaneous configuration and control files that are needed by your cluster. Staging buckets also receive output from the Cloud SDK gcloud dataproc clusters diagnose command.

Cloud Dataproc uses a defined folder structure for Cloud Storage buckets attached to clusters. Cloud Dataproc also supports attaching more than one cluster to a Cloud Storage bucket. The folder structure used for saving job driver output in Cloud Storage is:

cloud-storage-bucket-name
  - google-cloud-dataproc-metainfo
    - list of cluster IDs
        - list of job IDs
          - list of output logs for a job

You can use the gcloud command line tool, Cloud Dataproc API, or Google Cloud Platform Console to list the name of a cluster's staging bucket.

gcloud command

Run the gcloud dataproc clusters describe command locally in a terminal window or in Cloud Shell. The staging bucket associated with your cluster is listed in the output.

gcloud dataproc clusters describe cluster-name
clusterName: cluster-name
clusterUuid: daa40b3f-5ff5-4e89-9bf1-bcbfec ...
config:
    configBucket: dataproc-edc9d85f-12f9-4905...
    ...

REST API

Call clusters.get to list the cluster details, including the name of the cluster's staging bucket.

{
 "projectId": "vigilant-sunup-163401",
 "clusterName": "cluster-name",
 "config": {
  "configBucket": "dataproc-a8cd0...",
...
}

Console

View cluster details, including the name o the cluster's staging bucket, in the GCP Console.