Table: gcp_bigtable_instance - Query Google Cloud BigTable Instances using SQL

Google Cloud BigTable is a scalable, fully-managed NoSQL wide-column database that is suitable for both real-time access and analytics workloads. It can handle massive workloads, offering low latency and high throughput, and is widely used for applications in ad tech, finance, and IoT among others. The instances in BigTable serve as containers for your data where you can perform operations like creating or deleting tables.

Table Usage Guide

The gcp_bigtable_instance table provides insights into BigTable instances within Google Cloud Platform. As a data engineer or a database administrator, explore instance-specific details through this table, including instance ID, name, project, number of nodes, storage type, and more. Utilize it to uncover information about instances, such as those with specific storage types, the number of nodes in each instance, and the state of the instance.

Examples

Basic info

Explore which Google Cloud Bigtable instances are currently active and where they are located to better manage your resources and optimize your database operations.

select
  name,
  instance_type,
  state,
  location
from
  gcp_bigtable_instance;

select
  name,
  instance_type,
  state,
  location
from
  gcp_bigtable_instance;

Get members and their associated IAM roles for each instance

Discover the segments that include members and their associated roles within each instance. This is useful for understanding the distribution of roles and responsibilities within your Google Cloud Platform Bigtable instances.

select
  name,
  location,
  jsonb_array_elements_text(p -> 'members') as member,
  p ->> 'role' as role
from
  gcp_bigtable_instance,
  jsonb_array_elements(iam_policy -> 'bindings') as p;

select
  name,
  location,
  json_extract(p.value, '$.members') as member,
  json_extract(p.value, '$.role') as role
from
  gcp_bigtable_instance,
  json_each(iam_policy, '$.bindings') as p;

List instances whose members have Bigtable admin access

Discover the segments that have Bigtable admin access in order to manage and control user access rights effectively. This is useful for maintaining security and ensuring only authorized individuals have administrative privileges.

select
  name,
  instance_type,
  jsonb_array_elements_text(i -> 'members') as members,
  i ->> 'role' as role
from
  gcp_bigtable_instance,
  jsonb_array_elements(iam_policy -> 'bindings') as i
where
  i ->> 'role' like '%bigtable.admin';

select
  name,
  instance_type,
  json_extract(i.value, '$.members') as members,
  json_extract(i.value, '$.role') as role
from
  gcp_bigtable_instance,
  json_each(iam_policy, '$.bindings') as i
where
  json_extract(i.value, '$.role') like '%bigtable.admin';

Count the number of instances per instance type

Explore the distribution of instances across various types in your Google Cloud Bigtable to better manage resources and optimize performance.

select
  instance_type,
  count(name)
from
  gcp_bigtable_instance
group by
  instance_type;

select
  instance_type,
  count(name)
from
  gcp_bigtable_instance
group by
  instance_type;

Schema for gcp_bigtable_instance

Name	Type	Operators	Description
_ctx	jsonb		Steampipe context in JSON form, e.g. connection_name.
akas	jsonb		Array of globally unique identifier strings (also known as) for the resource.
display_name	text		The descriptive name for this instance as it appears in UIs. Can be changed at any time, but should be kept globally unique to avoid conflicts.
iam_policy	jsonb		An Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy, which specifies access controls for Google Cloud resources. A `Policy` is a collection of `bindings`. A `binding` binds one or more `members` to a single `role`. Members can be user accounts, service accounts, Google groups, and domains (such as G Suite). A `role` is a named list of permissions; each `role` can be an IAM predefined role or a user-created custom role. For some types of Google Cloud resources, a `binding` can also specify a `condition`, which is a logical expression that allows access to a resource only if the expression evaluates to `true`.
instance_type	text		Specifies the type of the instance. Defaults to `PRODUCTION`.
labels	jsonb		Labels are a flexible and lightweight mechanism for organizing cloud resources into groups that reflect a customer's organizational needs and deployment strategies. They can be used to filter resources and aggregate metrics.
location	text		The GCP multi-region, region, or zone in which the resource is located.
name	text	=	A friendly name that identifies the resource.
project	text		The GCP Project in which the resource is located.
self_link	text		Server-defined URL for the resource.
state	text		Specifies the current state of the instance.
tags	jsonb		A map of tags for the resource.
title	text		Title of the resource.

Export

This table is available as a standalone Exporter CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- gcp

You can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:

steampipe_export_gcp --config '<your_config>' gcp_bigtable_instance