NAME

gcloud spanner samples backend - run the backend gRPC service for the given Cloud Spanner sample app

SYNOPSIS

gcloud spanner samples backend APPNAME --instance-id=INSTANCE_ID [--database-id=DATABASE_ID] [--duration=DURATION; default="1h"] [--port=PORT] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

This command starts the backend gRPC service for the given sample application. Before starting the service, create the database and load any initial data with:

$ gcloud spanner samples init APPNAME --instance-id=INSTANCE_ID

After starting the service, generate traffic with:

$ gcloud spanner samples workload APPNAME

To run all three steps together, use:

$ gcloud spanner samples run APPNAME --instance-id=INSTANCE_ID

EXAMPLES

To run the backend gRPC service for the 'finance' sample app using instance 'my-instance', run:

$ gcloud spanner samples backend finance --instance-id=my-instance

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

APPNAME

The sample app name, e.g. "finance".

REQUIRED FLAGS

--instance-id=INSTANCE_ID

The Cloud Spanner instance ID for the sample app.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--database-id=DATABASE_ID

The Cloud Spanner database ID for the sample app.

--duration=DURATION; default="1h"

Duration of time allowed to run before stopping the service.

--port=PORT

Port on which to receive gRPC requests.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES

These variants are also available:

$ gcloud alpha spanner samples backend

$ gcloud beta spanner samples backend