- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute machine-images add-iam-policy-binding - add IAM policy binding to the IAM policy of a Compute Engine machine image
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute machine-images add-iam-policy-bindingMACHINE_IMAGE--member=PRINCIPAL--role=ROLE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Add an IAM policy binding to the IAM policy of a Compute Engine machine image. A policy binding consists of a member and a role. - EXAMPLES
- To add an IAM policy binding for the role of 'roles/compute.admin' for the user
'test-user@gmail.com' to machine image 'my-image' run:
gcloud beta compute machine-images add-iam-policy-binding my-image --member = 'user:test-user@gmail.com' --role = 'roles/compute.admin'See https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policies for details of policy role and member types.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- Machine image resource - The machine image for which to add IAM policy binding
to. 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
machine_imageon 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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MACHINE_IMAGE - ID of the machine image or fully qualified identifier for the machine image.
To set the
machine_imageattribute:- provide the argument
machine_imageon the command line.
- provide the argument
- provide the argument
- Machine image resource - The machine image for which to add IAM policy binding
to. This represents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given
arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--member=PRINCIPAL - The principal to add the binding for. Should be of the form
user|group|serviceAccount:emailordomain:domain.Examples:
user:test-user@gmail.com,group:admins@example.com,serviceAccount:test123@example.domain.com, ordomain:example.domain.com.Some resources also accept the following special values:
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allUsers- Special identifier that represents anyone who is on the internet, with or without a Google account. -
allAuthenticatedUsers- Special identifier that represents anyone who is authenticated with a Google account or a service account.
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--role=ROLE - Role name to assign to the principal. The role name is the complete path of a
predefined role, such as
roles/logging.viewer, or the role ID for a custom role, such asorganizations/{ORGANIZATION_ID}/roles/logging.viewer.
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- 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 machine-images add-iam-policy-bindinggcloud alpha compute machine-images add-iam-policy-bindinggcloud preview compute machine-images add-iam-policy-binding
gcloud beta compute machine-images add-iam-policy-binding
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

