GSP096

Overview

Pub/Sub is a messaging service for exchanging event data among applications and services. A producer of data publishes messages to a Pub/Sub topic. A consumer creates a subscription to that topic. Subscribers either pull messages from a subscription or are configured as webhooks for push subscriptions. Every subscriber must acknowledge each message within a configurable window of time.

What you'll learn

• Set up a topic to hold data.
• Subscribe to a topic to access the data.
• Publish and then consume messages with a pull subscriber.

Setup and requirements

Before you click the Start Lab button

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To complete this lab, you need:

• Access to a standard internet browser (Chrome browser recommended).

• Time to complete the lab—remember, once you start, you cannot pause a lab.

How to start your lab and sign in to the Google Cloud console

1. Click the Start Lab button. If you need to pay for the lab, a dialog opens for you to select your payment method. On the left is the Lab Details pane with the following:

   • The Open Google Cloud console button
   • Time remaining
   • The temporary credentials that you must use for this lab
   • Other information, if needed, to step through this lab

2. Click Open Google Cloud console (or right-click and select Open Link in Incognito Window if you are running the Chrome browser).

   The lab spins up resources, and then opens another tab that shows the Sign in page.

   Tip: Arrange the tabs in separate windows, side-by-side.

   Note: If you see the Choose an account dialog, click Use Another Account.

3. If necessary, copy the Username below and paste it into the Sign in dialog.

   {{{user_0.username | "Username"}}}

   You can also find the Username in the Lab Details pane.

4. Click Next.

5. Copy the Password below and paste it into the Welcome dialog.

   {{{user_0.password | "Password"}}}

   You can also find the Password in the Lab Details pane.

6. Click Next.

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7. Click through the subsequent pages:

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   • Do not add recovery options or two-factor authentication (because this is a temporary account).
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After a few moments, the Google Cloud console opens in this tab.

Note: To access Google Cloud products and services, click the Navigation menu or type the service or product name in the Search field.

Activate Cloud Shell

Cloud Shell is a virtual machine that is loaded with development tools. It offers a persistent 5GB home directory and runs on the Google Cloud. Cloud Shell provides command-line access to your Google Cloud resources.

1. Click Activate Cloud Shell at the top of the Google Cloud console.

2. Click through the following windows:

   • Continue through the Cloud Shell information window.
   • Authorize Cloud Shell to use your credentials to make Google Cloud API calls.

When you are connected, you are already authenticated, and the project is set to your Project_ID, . The output contains a line that declares the Project_ID for this session:

gcloud is the command-line tool for Google Cloud. It comes pre-installed on Cloud Shell and supports tab-completion.

3. (Optional) You can list the active account name with this command:

4. Click Authorize.

Output:

5. (Optional) You can list the project ID with this command:

Output:

Task 1. Setting up Pub/Sub

To use Pub/Sub, you create a topic to hold data and a subscription to access data published to the topic.

1. From the Navigation menu () click View All Products. Go to Analytics section, click Pub/Sub > Topics.

2. Click Create topic.

3. The topic must have a unique name. For this lab, name your topic MyTopic. In the Create a topic dialog:
   • For Topic ID, type MyTopic.
   • Leave other fields at their default value.
   • Click Create.

You've created a topic.

Test completed task

Click Check my progress to verify your performed task. If you have successfully created a Cloud Pub/Sub topic, you will see an assessment score.

Task 2. Add a subscription

Now you'll make a subscription to access the topic.

1. Click Topics in the left panel to return to the Topics page. For the topic you just made click the three dot icon > Create subscription.

2. In the Add subscription to topic dialog:
   • Type a name for the subscription, such as MySub
   • Set the Delivery Type to Pull.
   • Leave all other options at the default values.

3. Click Create.

Your subscription is listed in the Subscription list.

Test completed task

Click Check my progress to verify your performed task. If you have successfully created a subscription for Cloud Pub/Sub topic, you will see an assessment score.

Task 3. Test your understanding

Below are multiple choice questions to reinforce your understanding of this lab's concepts. Answer them to the best of your abilities.

Task 4. Publish a message to the topic

1. Navigate back to pub/sub > Topics and open MyTopics page.

2. In the Topics details page, click Messages tab and then click Publish Message.

3. Enter Hello World in the Message field and click Publish.

Task 5. View the message

To view the message, use the subscription (MySub) to pull the message (Hello World) from the topic (MyTopic).

• Enter the following command in Cloud Shell:

The message appears in the DATA field of the command output.

You created a Pub/Sub topic, published to the topic, created a subscription, then used the subscription to pull data from the topic.

Congratulations!

You created a Pub/Sub topic, published to the topic, created a subscription, then used the subscription to pull data from the topic.

Next steps / Learn more

This lab is part of a series of labs called Qwik Starts. These labs are designed to give you a little taste of the many features available with Google Cloud. Review the list of Qwik Starts in the lab catalog to find your next lab!

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Manual Last Updated August 09, 2024

Lab Last Tested August 09, 2024

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