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Running a Spark Job on a Dataproc Cluster

Google Cloud Dataproc is a fully managed and highly scalable service capable of running Apache Spark as well as over 30 other open-source tools and frameworks. In this hands-on lab, you’ll provision a Dataproc cluster and then submit a Spark job that calculates and outputs the value of Pi to a high degree.

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Level

Intermediate

Duration

45m

Published

Jul 07, 2022

Challenge

Enable the Necessary API

Enable the Dataproc API, either through the user interface or the Cloud Shell.
Challenge

Create a Dataproc Cluster

Provision a Dataproc cluster capable of running the Spark job.
Challenge

Submit a Spark Job

Submit the Spark job, and evaluate the results.

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.