gcloud alpha compute instances set-iam-policy

NAME
gcloud alpha compute instances set-iam-policy - set IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute instances set-iam-policy(INSTANCE :--zone=ZONE)POLICY_FILE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Set IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance.
EXAMPLES
The following command reads an IAM policy defined in a JSON filepolicy.json and sets it for the instance 'my-instance' and zone'ZONE':
gcloudalphacomputeinstancesset-iam-policymy-instance--zone=ZONEpolicy.json

Seehttps://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policiesfor details of policy role and member types.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Instance resource - The instance to set the IAM policy of. The arguments in thisgroup can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Someattributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

INSTANCE
ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.

To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--zone=ZONE
The name of the Google Compute Engine zone.

To set thezone attribute:

  • provide the argumentinstance on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--zone on the command line;
  • set the propertycompute/zone.
POLICY_FILE
Path to a local JSON or YAML formatted file containing a valid policy.

The output of theget-iam-policy command is a valid file, as is anyJSON or YAML file conforming to the structure of aPolicy.

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.

API REFERENCE
This command uses thecompute/alpha API. The full documentation forthis API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/compute/
NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudcomputeinstancesset-iam-policy
gcloudbetacomputeinstancesset-iam-policy

Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under theApache 2.0 License. For details, see theGoogle Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.