Unable to run cbt import from within a cloud-sdk container

[peakit]

Hi, I am trying to run cbt import utility from within a container but it keeps failing with missing instance error.

Activated service account credentials for: [my-service-account-sa@my-project1234.iam.gserviceaccount.com]
Updated property [core/project].
2024/12/19 19:13:22 -project flag unset, will use gcloud active project
2024/12/19 19:13:23 gcloud active project is "my-project1234"
2024/12/19 19:13:23 missing -instance
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My dockerfile is as below:

FROM google/cloud-sdk:latest

COPY service_account_key.json /service_account_key.json
COPY test.csv /test.csv

ENV GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=my-project1234
ENV BIGTABLE_INSTANCE_ID=test123
ENV GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=/service_account_key.json

# Ensure cbt is in the PATH (Important!)
ENV PATH="${PATH}:/google-cloud-sdk/bin"

COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]

And the entrypoint.sh file looks like this:

#!/bin/bash
gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file="$GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"
gcloud config set project "$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"
cd /tmp
cbt import --instance="$BIGTABLE_INSTANCE_ID" record /test.csv --column-families=info

echo $?

[-Rhett]

Hi @peakit,

Welcome to the Google Cloud Community!

Based on the cbt CLI reference, could you check if changing “cbt import --instance" to “cbt import -instance” resolves the issue? (basically remove the extra dash)

We can also try replicating the issue by creating another test instance, then import that instead. If you get the same error, try reinstalling the cbt CLI.

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