NAME

gcloud alpha compute instance-templates set-iam-policy - set the IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance template

SYNOPSIS

gcloud alpha compute instance-templates set-iam-policy INSTANCE_TEMPLATE POLICY_FILE [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

(ALPHA) Sets the IAM policy for the given instance template as defined in a JSON or YAML file.

EXAMPLES

The following command will read am IAM policy defined in a JSON file 'policy.json' and set it for the instance template my-template:

$ gcloud alpha compute instance-templates set-iam-policy \ my-template policy.json

See https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policies for details of the policy file format and contents.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Instance template resource - The instance template to set the IAM policy for.

This represents a Cloud 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_template 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_TEMPLATE

ID of the instance_template or fully qualified identifier for the instance_template. To set the instance_template attribute:

  • provide the argument instance_template 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 https://cloud.google.com/iam/reference/rest/v1/Policy.

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 instance-templates set-iam-policy

$ gcloud beta compute instance-templates set-iam-policy