- NAME
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- gcloud compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy - set the IAM policy binding for a Compute Engine backend bucket
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute backend-buckets set-iam-policyBACKEND_BUCKETPOLICY_FILE[--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- 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 regional backend bucket
my-backend-bucket:gcloud compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy my-backend-bucket policy.json --region = REGIONThe following commands will read an IAM policy defined in a JSON file 'policy.json' and set it for the global backend bucket
my-backend-bucket:gcloud compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy my-backend-bucket policy.json --globalgcloud compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy my-backend-bucket policy.jsonSee https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policies for details of the policy file format and contents.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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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.
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POLICY_FILE - Path to a local JSON or YAML formatted file containing a valid policy.
The output of the
get-iam-policycommand is a valid file, as is any JSON or YAML file conforming to the structure of a Policy .
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- FLAGS
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--global - If set, the backend bucket is global.
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--region=REGION - Region of the backend bucket to setIamPolicy. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
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- 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 helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
- This command uses the compute API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/
- NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute backend-buckets set-iam-policygcloud beta compute backend-buckets set-iam-policygcloud preview compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy
gcloud compute backend-buckets set-iam-policy
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
