8_Cloud Datalab

Question 1

Cloud Datalab Overview

• Interactive tool for exploring and visualizing data:
  
  • Notebook format
  • Great for data engineering, machine learning
• Built on Jupyter
• Visual analysis of data in BigQuery, ML Engine, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage and Stackdriver
• Supports Python, SQL and Javascript
• Runs on GCE instance, dedicated VPC and Cloud Source Repository
• Cost: free - only pay for GCE resources Datalab runs on and other Google Cloud services you interact with

Question 2

How it works

• Manages Datalab instance lifecycle
• Create Datalab VMs in seconds
• Notebooks stored in GCR (Google Cloud Repository) on persistent disk
• Storage can persist after the instance is destroyed

Question 3

Sharing notebook data

• GCE access based on GCE IAM roles
• Must have Compute instance Admin and Service Account Actor roles
• Notebook access per user only
• Sharing data performed via shared Cloud Source Repository
• Sharing at the project level