gcloud alpha bigtable instances tables set-iam-policy

NAME
gcloud alpha bigtable instances tables set-iam-policy - set an IAM policy on a Cloud Bigtable table
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha bigtable instances tables set-iam-policy(TABLE :--instance=INSTANCE)POLICY_FILE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Set an IAM policy on a Cloud Bigtable table.
EXAMPLES
To set the IAM policy from filemy-policy on the tablemy-table in instancemy-instance, run:
gcloudalphabigtableinstancestablesset-iam-policymy-table--instance=`my-instance`my-policy

Seehttps://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policiesfor more information.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Table resource - Cloud Bigtable table to set the IAM policy on. The arguments inthis group 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 argumenttable on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

TABLE
ID of the table or fully qualified identifier for the table.

To set thetable attribute:

  • provide the argumenttable on the command line.

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

--instance=INSTANCE
Name of the Bigtable instance.

To set theinstance attribute:

  • provide the argumenttable on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--instance on the command line.
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 thebigtableadmin/v2 API. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/
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:
gcloudbigtableinstancestablesset-iam-policy
gcloudbetabigtableinstancestablesset-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 2025-07-15 UTC.