gcloud alpha bigtable tables config export

NAME
gcloud alpha bigtable tables config export - export the configuration for a Cloud Bigtable table
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha bigtable tables config export([TABLE :--instance=INSTANCE]--all)[--path=PATH; default="-"][--resource-format=RESOURCE_FORMAT][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)gcloud alpha bigtable tables config exportexports the configuration for a Cloud Bigtable table.

Table configurations can be exported in Kubernetes Resource Model (krm) orTerraform HCL formats. The default format iskrm.

Specifying--all allows you to export the configurations for alltables within the project.

Specifying--path allows you to export the configuration(s) to alocal directory.

EXAMPLES
To export the configuration for a table, run:
gcloudalphabigtabletablesconfigexportmy-table

To export the configuration for a table to a file, run:

gcloudalphabigtabletablesconfigexportmy-table--path=/path/to/dir/

To export the configuration for a table in Terraform HCL format, run:

gcloudalphabigtabletablesconfigexportmy-table--resource-format=terraform

To export the configurations for all tables within a project, run:

gcloudalphabigtabletablesconfigexport--all
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Exactly one of these must be specified:
Table resource - Table to export the configuration for. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumenttable on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.
TABLE
ID of the table or fully qualified identifier for the table.

To set thetable attribute:

  • provide the argumenttable on the command line.
  • This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

    --instance=INSTANCE
    Name of the Bigtable instance.

    To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumenttable on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--instance on the command line.
  • --all
    Retrieve all resources within the project. If--path is specifiedand is a valid directory, resources will be output as individual files based onresource name and scope. If--path is not specified, resources willbe streamed to stdout.
    FLAGS
    --path=PATH; default="-"
    Path of the directory or file to output configuration(s). To outputconfigurations to stdout, specify "--path=-".
    --resource-format=RESOURCE_FORMAT
    Format of the configuration to export. Available configuration formats areKubernetes Resource Model YAML (krm) or Terraform HCL (terraform). Commanddefaults to "krm".RESOURCE_FORMAT must be one of:krm,terraform.
    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
    This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist.

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    Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.