Roles and permissions

This page lists the permissions required by Certificate Manager and the Identity and Access Management roles that encapsulate them.

Permissions

This section lists the permissions required to perform specific operations in Certificate Manager.

Operation and method Resource Permission
Create a certificate

certificates.create		 Certificates certificatemanager.certs.create on the target Google Cloud project. If using DNS authorization, also requires certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.use on each associated DNS authorization.
List certificates

certificates.list		 Certificates certificatemanager.certs.list on the target Google Cloud project
Retrieve a certificate

certificates.get		 Certificates certificatemanager.certs.get on the target certificate
Update a certificate

certificates.patch		 Certificates certificatemanager.certs.update on the target certificate
Attach a certificate to a resource Certificates certificatemanager.certs.use on the target certificate
Delete a certificate

certificates.delete		 Certificates certificatemanager.certs.delete on the target certificate
Create a certificate map

certificateMaps.create		 Certificate maps certificatemanager.certmaps.create on the target Google Cloud project
List certificate maps

certificateMaps.list		 Certificate maps certificatemanager.certmaps.list on the target Google Cloud project
Retrieve a certificate map

certificateMaps.get		 Certificate maps certificatemanager.certmaps.get on the target certificate map
Update a certificate map

certificateMaps.patch		 Certificate maps certificatemanager.certmaps.update on the target certificate map
Attach a certificate map to a resource Certificate maps certificatemanager.certmaps.use on the target certificate map
Delete a certificate map

certificateMaps.delete		 Certificate maps certificatemanager.certmaps.delete on the target certificate map
Create a certificate map entry

certificateMaps.certificateMapEntries.create		 Certificate map entries certificatemanager.certmapentries.create on the target certificate map and certificatemanager.certs.use on each associated certificate.
List certificate map entries

certificateMaps.certificateMapEntries.list		 Certificate map entries certificatemanager.certmapentries.list on the target certificate map
Retrieve a certificate map entry

certificateMaps.certificateMapEntries.get		 Certificate map entries certificatemanager.certmapentries.get on the target certificate map entry
Update a certificate map entry

certificateMaps.certificateMapEntries.patch		 Certificate map entries certificatemanager.certmapentries.update on the target certificate map entry and certificatemanager.certs.use on each associated certificate.
Delete a certificate map entry

certificateMaps.certificateMapEntries.delete		 Certificate map entries certificatemanager.certmapentries.delete on the target certificate map entry
Create a DNS authorization

dnsAuthorizations.create		 DNS authorizations certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.create on the target Google Cloud project
List DNS authorizations

dnsAuthorizations.list		 DNS authorizations certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.list on the target Google Cloud project
Retrieve a DNS authorization

dnsAuthorizations.get		 DNS authorizations certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.get on the target DNS authorization
Update a DNS authorization

dnsAuthorizations.patch		 DNS authorizations certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.update on the target DNS authorization
Delete a DNS authorization

dnsAuthorizations.delete		 DNS authorizations certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.delete on the target DNS authorization
Create a certificate issuance config

certificateIssuanceConfigs.create		 Certificate issuance configs certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.create on the target Google Cloud project
List certificate issuance configs

certificateIssuanceConfigs.list		 Certificate issuance configs certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.list on the target Google Cloud project
Retrieve a certificate issuance config

certificateIssuanceConfigs.get		 Certificate issuance configs certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.get on the target certificate issuance config
Delete a certificate issuance config

certificateIssuanceConfigs.delete		 Certificate issuance configs certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.delete on the target certificate issuance config
Create a trust config

trustConfigs.create		 Trust configs certificatemanager.trustconfigs.create on the target Google Cloud project
List trust configs

trustConfigs.list		 Trust configs certificatemanager.trustconfigs.list on the target Google Cloud project
Update a trust config

trustConfigs.patch		 Trust configs certificatemanager.trustconfigs.update on the target trust config
Get the state of a trust config

trustConfigs.get		 Trust configs certificatemanager.trustconfigs.get on the target trust config
Attach a trust config to a resource Trust configs certificatemanager.trustconfigs.use on the target trust config
Delete a trust config

trustConfigs.delete		 Trust configs certificatemanager.trustconfigs.delete on the target trust config
Create an external account key

externalAccountKeys.create		 External account keys publicca.externalAccountKeys.create on the target Google Cloud project

Roles

This section lists the IAM roles that encapsulate Certificate Manager permissions.

Certificate Manager roles for Google Cloud projects

The following table lists the Google Cloud project roles and the Certificate Manager permissions they encapsulate.

Role Permissions

(roles/certificatemanager.editor)

Edit access to Certificate Manager all resources.

certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.create

certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.get

certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.list

certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.update

certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.use

certificatemanager.certmapentries.create

certificatemanager.certmapentries.get

certificatemanager.certmapentries.list

certificatemanager.certmapentries.update

certificatemanager.certmaps.create

certificatemanager.certmaps.get

certificatemanager.certmaps.list

certificatemanager.certmaps.update

certificatemanager.certmaps.use

certificatemanager.certs.create

certificatemanager.certs.get

certificatemanager.certs.list

certificatemanager.certs.update

certificatemanager.certs.use

certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.create

certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.get

certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.list

certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.update

certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.use

certificatemanager.locations.*

  • certificatemanager.locations.get
  • certificatemanager.locations.list

certificatemanager.operations.get

certificatemanager.operations.list

certificatemanager.trustconfigs.create

certificatemanager.trustconfigs.get

certificatemanager.trustconfigs.list

certificatemanager.trustconfigs.update

certificatemanager.trustconfigs.use

resourcemanager.projects.get

resourcemanager.projects.list

(roles/certificatemanager.owner)

Full access to Certificate Manager all resources.

certificatemanager.*

  • certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.create
  • certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.delete
  • certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.get
  • certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.list
  • certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.update
  • certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.use
  • certificatemanager.certmapentries.create
  • certificatemanager.certmapentries.delete
  • certificatemanager.certmapentries.get
  • certificatemanager.certmapentries.list
  • certificatemanager.certmapentries.update
  • certificatemanager.certmaps.create
  • certificatemanager.certmaps.delete
  • certificatemanager.certmaps.get
  • certificatemanager.certmaps.list
  • certificatemanager.certmaps.update
  • certificatemanager.certmaps.use
  • certificatemanager.certs.create
  • certificatemanager.certs.delete
  • certificatemanager.certs.get
  • certificatemanager.certs.list
  • certificatemanager.certs.update
  • certificatemanager.certs.use
  • certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.create
  • certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.delete
  • certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.get
  • certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.list
  • certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.update
  • certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.use
  • certificatemanager.locations.get
  • certificatemanager.locations.list
  • certificatemanager.operations.cancel
  • certificatemanager.operations.delete
  • certificatemanager.operations.get
  • certificatemanager.operations.list
  • certificatemanager.trustconfigs.create
  • certificatemanager.trustconfigs.delete
  • certificatemanager.trustconfigs.get
  • certificatemanager.trustconfigs.list
  • certificatemanager.trustconfigs.update
  • certificatemanager.trustconfigs.use

resourcemanager.projects.get

resourcemanager.projects.list

(roles/certificatemanager.viewer)

Read-only access to Certificate Manager all resources.

certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.get

certificatemanager.certissuanceconfigs.list

certificatemanager.certmapentries.get

certificatemanager.certmapentries.list

certificatemanager.certmaps.get

certificatemanager.certmaps.list

certificatemanager.certs.get

certificatemanager.certs.list

certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.get

certificatemanager.dnsauthorizations.list

certificatemanager.locations.*

  • certificatemanager.locations.get
  • certificatemanager.locations.list

certificatemanager.operations.get

certificatemanager.operations.list

certificatemanager.trustconfigs.get

certificatemanager.trustconfigs.list

resourcemanager.projects.get

resourcemanager.projects.list

Public CA roles for Google Cloud projects

The following roles and the permissions they encapsulate are required specifically for Public CA operations:

Role Permissions
Public CA External Account Key Creator
(roles/publicca.externalAccountKeyCreator)

Create access for Public CA external key account resources.

 resourcemanager.projects.get
resourcemanager.projects.list
publicca.externalAccountKeys.create

Custom roles

Google Cloud also allows you to create custom roles that encapsulate permissions specific to your business needs, such as the principle of least needed privilege. For instructions, see Creating and managing custom roles.

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