The virtual machine running a Jupyter Notebook has its own storage, which is distinct from the workspace bucket. To analyze data in your workspace bucket in a notebook, you need to import the data to the cloud environment persistent disk.
This article walks you through how to copy data from the workspace bucket to your Cloud Environment's persistent disk for a notebook analysis.
Step 1. Set environment variables in a Jupyter Notebook
Setting the environment variables lets the notebook grab variables such as the workspace name and Google bucket directly. This makes cleaner and more flexible notebooks that don't require you to hardcode these variables in. Use the syntax below, exactly as it's written.
Python kernel
import os
BILLING_PROJECT_ID = os.environ['WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE']
WORKSPACE = os.environ['WORKSPACE_NAME']
bucket = os.environ['WORKSPACE_BUCKET']
R kernel
project <- Sys.getenv('WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE')
workspace <- Sys.getenv('WORKSPACE_NAME')
bucket <- Sys.getenv('WORKSPACE_BUCKET')
Step 2. Copy files in a workspace bucket to a notebook with bash commands
Python kernel
# Copy all files from the workspace bucket to the notebook disk
!gcloud storage cp $bucket/* .
# Run list command to see if file is in the notebook disk
!ls
R kernel
# Copy all files from the workspace bucket to the notebook disk
system(paste0("gcloud storage cp ", bucket, "/* ."),intern=TRUE)
# Run list command to see if file is in the bucket
system(paste0("ls ."),intern=TRUE)
Using bash commands in notebooks Here are a few tips to keep in mind when running bash commands in a Jupyter or R notebook:
- These commands will work only if you run the commands in Step 1 to set the environment variables.
- The workspace bucket is a Google bucket, so basic bash commands in the notebooks need to be preceded by !gcloud storage. Once you execute these cells, the data files should be visible in the workspace bucket.
- To save all generated files after the notebook runs, use the commands below. If you want to copy individual files, you can replace * with the file name to copy.
- You can also add the -R flag to recursively copy everything in the file tree from the point you specify (example: gcloud storage cp -R gs://bucket-name/bucket_directory/).
