- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute instance-templates set-iam-policy - set the IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance template
- SYNOPSIS
-
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gcloud beta compute instance-templates set-iam-policyINSTANCE_TEMPLATEPOLICY_FILE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)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 beta compute instance-templates set-iam-policy my-template 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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- 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
projectattribute:- provide the argument
instance_templateon the command line with a fully specified name; - provide the argument
--projecton the command line; - set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
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INSTANCE_TEMPLATE - ID of the instance_template or fully qualified identifier for the
instance_template.
To set the
instance_templateattribute:- provide the argument
instance_templateon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
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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 .
- 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.
- 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/betaAPI. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute instance-templates set-iam-policygcloud alpha compute instance-templates set-iam-policygcloud preview compute instance-templates set-iam-policy
gcloud beta compute instance-templates set-iam-policy
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

