gcloud alpha trace sinks create

gcloud alpha trace sinks create - creates a sink

gcloud alpha trace sinks create SINK_NAME DESTINATION [--project=PROJECT] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

The sink's destination must be a BigQuery dataset. The destination must already exist. The identity created with the sink will need permission to write to the destination dataset. After creating a sink look for the [writer_identity] to be populated in the response. With that identity run the following command to give it permission:

gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding {bigquery_project_id} \ --member serviceAccount:{writer_identity from trace_sink} \ --role roles/bigquery.dataEditor

You may also find an existing writer identity by describing a sink.

It may take several minutes before trace spans are exported after the sink is created.

gcloud alpha trace sinks create my-sink bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/my-project/datasets/my_dataset

SINK_NAME

The name for the sink.

DESTINATION

The destination must be a fully qualified BigQuery resource name. The destination can be for the same Google Cloud project or for a different Google Cloud project in the same organization.

--project=PROJECT

Create a sink associated with this project. This will override the default project.

Run $ gcloud help for details.