- NAME
-
- gcloud alpha compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy - set the IAM policy binding for a Compute Engine backend bucket
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud alpha compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy
BACKEND_BUCKET
POLICY_FILE
[--global
|--region
=REGION
] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
(ALPHA)
Sets the IAM policy for the given backend bucket as defined in a JSON or YAML file. - EXAMPLES
-
The following command will read an IAM policy defined in a JSON file
'policy.json' and set it for the backend bucket
my-backend-bucket
:gcloud alpha compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy my-backend-bucket policy.json --region=REGION
gcloud alpha compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy my-backend-bucket policy.json --global
gcloud alpha compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy my-backend-bucket policy.json
See https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policies for details of the policy file format and contents.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
BACKEND_BUCKET
-
ID of the backend bucket or fully qualified identifier for the backend bucket.
To set the backend_bucket attribute: + provide the argument backend_bucket on the command line.
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.
- FLAGS
-
-
At most one of these can be specified:
--global
- If set, the backend bucket is global.
--region
=REGION
-
Region of the backend bucket to setIamPolicy. Overrides the default
compute/region
property value for this command invocation.
-
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 help
for details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the compute/alpha API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/
- NOTES
-
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy
gcloud beta compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy
gcloud alpha compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy
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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.