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- NAME
- gcloud iam roles create - create a custom role for a project or an organization
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud iam roles createROLE_ID(--organization=ORGANIZATION|--project=PROJECT_ID)[--file=FILE|--description=DESCRIPTION--permissions=PERMISSIONS--stage=STAGE--title=TITLE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
- This command creates a custom role with the provided information.
- EXAMPLES
- To create a custom role
froma YAML file, run:ProjectUpdatergcloudiamrolescreateProjectUpdater--organization=12345--file=role_file_pathTo create a custom role
withflags, run:ProjectUpdatergcloudiamrolescreateProjectUpdater--project=myproject--title=ProjectUpdater--description="Have access to get and update the project"--permissions=resourcemanager.projects.get,resourcemanager.projects.update - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
ROLE_ID- ID of the custom role to create. You must also specify the
--organizationor--projectflag.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
--organization=ORGANIZATION- Organization of the role you want to create.
--project=PROJECT_ID- Project of the role you want to create.
The Google Cloud project ID to use for this invocation. If omitted, then thecurrent project is assumed; the current project can be listed using
gcloudconfig list --format='text(core.project)'and can be set usinggcloud config set project PROJECTID.--projectand its fallbackcore/projectproperty playtwo roles in the invocation. It specifies the project of the resource to operateon. It also specifies the project for API enablement check, quota, and billing.To specify a different project for quota and billing, use--billing-projectorbilling/quota_projectproperty.
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
- At most one of these can be specified:
--file=FILE- The JSON or YAML file with the IAM Role to create. Seehttps://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.roles.
- Or at least one of these can be specified:
- Roles Settings
--description=DESCRIPTION- The description of the role you want to create.
--permissions=PERMISSIONS- The permissions of the role you want to create. Use commas to separate them.
--stage=STAGE- The state of the role you want to create. This represents a role's lifecyclephase:
ALPHA,BETA,GA,DEPRECATED,DISABLED,EAP. --title=TITLE- The title of the role you want to create.
- At most one of these can be specified:
- 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 helpfor details. - NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloudalphaiamrolescreategcloudbetaiamrolescreate
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Last updated 2026-01-21 UTC.