NAME
    gcloud alpha spanner samples workload - generate gRPC traffic for a given
        sample app's backend service

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud alpha spanner samples workload APPNAME
        [--duration=DURATION; default="1h"] [--port=PORT]
        [--target-qps=TARGET_QPS] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (ALPHA) Before sending traffic to the backend service, create the database
    and start the service with:

        $ gcloud alpha spanner samples init APPNAME --instance-id=INSTANCE_ID
        $ gcloud alpha spanner samples backend APPNAME \
          --instance-id=INSTANCE_ID

    To run all three steps together, use:

        $ gcloud alpha spanner samples run APPNAME --instance-id=INSTANCE_ID

EXAMPLES
    To generate traffic for the 'finance' sample app, run:

        $ gcloud alpha spanner samples workload finance

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
     APPNAME
        The sample app name, e.g. "finance".

FLAGS
     --duration=DURATION; default="1h"
        Duration of time allowed to run before stopping the workload.

     --port=PORT
        Port of the running backend service.

     --target-qps=TARGET_QPS
        Target requests per second.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
    These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account,
    --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format,
    --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet,
    --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

    Run $ gcloud help for details.

NOTES
    This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
    command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct
    project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early
    access allowlist.