How do I export GCP billing data to a Cloud Storage bucket?

In this guide, we will automate the export of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) billing data to a Google Cloud Storage bucket using Pulumi. This involves creating a storage bucket and configuring the billing export settings to save data into that bucket.

import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as gcp from "@pulumi/gcp";

// Create a Google Cloud Storage bucket to hold the billing data
const billingBucket = new gcp.storage.Bucket("billingBucket", {
    location: "US",
    versioning: {
        enabled: true,
    },
    lifecycleRules: [{
        action: {
            type: "Delete",
        },
        condition: {
            age: 365,
        },
    }],
});

// Configure the project to export billing data to the created bucket
const billingExport = new gcp.projects.UsageExportBucket("billingExport", {
    bucketName: billingBucket.name,
    prefix: "billing-data",
    project: gcp.config.project,
});

// Export the bucket URL
export const bucketUrl = pulumi.interpolate`gs://${billingBucket.name}/billing-data`;

Key Points

1. Google Cloud Storage Bucket: We created a storage bucket to store the billing data. The bucket is configured with versioning enabled and a lifecycle rule to delete objects older than 365 days.
2. Usage Export Bucket Configuration: We set up the project to export billing data to the created bucket with a specified prefix.
3. Pulumi Outputs: We exported the bucket URL for easy reference.

Summary

We have successfully automated the export of GCP billing data to a Cloud Storage bucket using Pulumi. This setup ensures that billing data is regularly exported and stored in a managed bucket with versioning and lifecycle rules for data retention.