gcloud_alpha_compute_instances_set-iam-policy (1)

NAME

gcloud alpha compute instances set-iam-policy - set IAM policy for a Google 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 Google Compute Engine instance.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Instance resource - Instance resource - The instance to set the IAM policy of. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the [project] attribute: provide the argument [instance] on the command line with a fully specified name; set the property [core/project]; provide the argument [--project] on the command line. This must be specified.

INSTANCE

ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance. This positional must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--zone=ZONE

The name of the Google Compute Engine zone.

POLICY_FILE

Path to a local JSON or YAML formatted file containing a valid policy.
The output of the get-iam-policy command is a valid file, as is any JSON or YAML file conforming to the structure of a Policy (cloud.google.com/iam/reference/rest/v1/Policy

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --account, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity. Run $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the compute/alpha API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: developers.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest

EXAMPLES

The following command reads an IAM policy defined in a JSON file policy.json and sets it for the instance 'my-instance' and zone 'ZONE':.RS 2m $ gcloud alpha compute instances set-iam-policy my-instance \
    --zone='ZONE' policy.json
See cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policies for details of policy role and member types.

NOTES

This command is currently in ALPHA and may change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the right project, you will have to apply for early access and have your projects registered on the API whitelist to use it. To do so, contact Support at cloud.google.com/support These variants are also available:

$ gcloud compute instances set-iam-policy $ gcloud beta compute instances set-iam-policy