- NAME
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- gcloud beta spanner samples backend - run the backend gRPC service for the given Cloud Spanner sample app
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta spanner samples backendAPPNAME--instance-id=INSTANCE_ID[--database-id=DATABASE_ID] [--duration=DURATION; default="1h"] [--port=PORT] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)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 beta spanner samples init APPNAME --instance-id = INSTANCE_IDAfter starting the service, generate traffic with:
gcloud beta spanner samples workload APPNAMETo run all three steps together, use:
gcloud beta 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 beta spanner samples backend finance --instance-id = my-instance - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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APPNAME - The sample app name, e.g. "finance".
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--instance-id=INSTANCE_ID - The Cloud Spanner instance ID for the sample app.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--database-id=DATABASE_ID - The Cloud Spanner database ID for the sample app.
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--duration=DURATION; default="1h" - Duration of time allowed to run before stopping the service.
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--port=PORT - Port on which to receive gRPC requests.
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- 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 helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud spanner samples backendgcloud alpha spanner samples backend
gcloud beta spanner samples backend
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
