- NAME
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- gcloud projects set-iam-policy - set IAM policy for a project
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud projects set-iam-policyPROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBERPOLICY_FILE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Sets the IAM policy for a project, given a project ID and a file encoded in JSON or YAML that contains the IAM policy.
- EXAMPLES
- The following command reads an IAM policy defined in a JSON file
policy.jsonand sets it for a project with the IDexample-project-id-1:gcloud projects set-iam-policy example-project-id-1 policy.json - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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PROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBER - ID or number for the project you want to set IAM policy for.
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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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- 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. - NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha projects set-iam-policygcloud beta projects set-iam-policy
gcloud projects set-iam-policy
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

