Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Enable API

   1. From the main navigation, choose APIs & Services > Library.
   2. In the search field, enter Bigtable.
   3. Select the Cloud Bigtable Admin API card.
   4. Click Enable.
2. Challenge

   Create Bigtable Instance

   1. From the main navigation, choose Bigtable in the Storage section.
   2. Choose Create instance.
   3. Set the following fields:
      • Instance Name: la-data-cbt
      • Storage type: HDD
      • Cluster Region: us-east1
      • Cluster Zone: us-east1-b
   4. Click Done and then Create.
3. Challenge

   Install and Configure `cbt`

   1. Activate the Cloud Shell by clicking its icon in the top row.

   2. Configure cbt with the following commands: echo "project = ${DEVSHELL_PROJECT_ID}" > ~/.cbt echo instance = la-data-cbt >> ~/.cbtrc

   Note: If you do not have the cbt sdk installed then do the following:

   3. In the Cloud Shell, enter the following: gcloud components update gcloud components install cbt
4. Challenge

   Create Data Table

   1. In the Cloud Shell, enter the following:

       cbt createtable la-table
       cbt ls
      

5. Challenge

   Define Table Structure and Add Data

   1. In the Cloud Shell, enter the following: cbt createfamily la-table offerings cbt set la-table r1 offerings:c1=labs cbt read la-table

   2. Review results.

   3. Enter the following: cbt set la-table r1 offerings:c2=courses cbt read la-table

6. Challenge

   Delete Bigtable Instance

   1. From the console, select the Bigtable instance.
   2. Choose Delete instance.