Set and manage IAM policies on buckets

Overview

This page describes how to set Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies on buckets, so you can control access to objects and managed folders within those buckets.

If you're looking for other methods of access control, see the following resources:

Required roles

To get the permissions that you need to set and manage IAM policies for a bucket, ask your administrator to grant you the Storage Admin ( roles/storage.admin ) IAM role for the bucket.

This role contains the following permissions, which are required to set and manage IAM policies for buckets:

  • storage.buckets.get

  • storage.buckets.getIamPolicy

  • storage.buckets.setIamPolicy

  • storage.buckets.update

  • storage.buckets.list

    • This permission is only required if you plan on using the Google Cloud console to perform the tasks on this page.

You can also get these permissions with custom roles .

Add a principal to a bucket-level policy

For a list of roles associated with Cloud Storage, see IAM Roles . For information on entities to which you grant IAM roles, see Principal identifiers .

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.

    Go to Buckets

  2. In the list of buckets, click the name of the bucket for which you want to grant a principal a role.

  3. Select the Permissionstab near the top of the page.

  4. Click the Grant accessbutton.

    The Add principals dialog appears.

  5. In the New principalsfield, enter one or more identities that need access to your bucket.

  6. Select a role (or roles) from the Select a roledrop-down menu. The roles you select appear in the pane with a short description of the permissions they grant.

  7. Click Save.

To learn how to get detailed error information about failed Cloud Storage operations in the Google Cloud console, see Troubleshooting .

Command line

Use the buckets add-iam-policy-binding command :

gcloud storage buckets add-iam-policy-binding gs:// BUCKET_NAME 
--member= PRINCIPAL_IDENTIFIER 
--role= IAM_ROLE 

Where:

  • BUCKET_NAME is the name of the bucket you are granting the principal access to. For example, my-bucket .

  • PRINCIPAL_IDENTIFIER identifies who you are granting bucket access to. For example, user:jane@gmail.com . For a list of principal identifier formats, see Principal identifiers .

  • IAM_ROLE is the IAM role you are granting to the principal. For example, roles/storage.objectViewer .

Client libraries

C++

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C++ API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

 namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name,
   std::string const& role, std::string const& member) {
  auto policy = client.GetNativeBucketIamPolicy(
      bucket_name, gcs::RequestedPolicyVersion(3));

  if (!policy) throw std::move(policy).status();

  policy->set_version(3);
  for (auto& binding : policy->bindings()) {
    if (binding.role() != role || binding.has_condition()) {
      continue;
    }
    auto& members = binding.members();
    if (std::find(members.begin(), members.end(), member) == members.end()) {
      members.emplace_back(member);
    }
  }

  auto updated = client.SetNativeBucketIamPolicy(bucket_name, *policy);
  if (!updated) throw std::move(updated).status();

  std::cout << "Updated IAM policy bucket " << bucket_name
            << ". The new policy is " << *updated << "\n";
} 

C#

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C# API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

 using Google.Apis.Storage.v1.Data;
using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class AddBucketIamMemberSample
{
    public Policy AddBucketIamMember(
        string bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name",
        string role = "roles/storage.objectViewer",
        string member = "serviceAccount:dev@iam.gserviceaccount.com")
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();
        var policy = storage.GetBucketIamPolicy(bucketName, new GetBucketIamPolicyOptions
        {
            RequestedPolicyVersion = 3
        });
        // Set the policy schema version. For more information, please refer to https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/policies#versions.
        policy.Version = 3;

        Policy.BindingsData bindingToAdd = new Policy.BindingsData
        {
            Role = role,
            Members = new List<string> { member }
        };

        policy.Bindings.Add(bindingToAdd);
        var bucketIamPolicy = storage.SetBucketIamPolicy(bucketName, policy);
        Console.WriteLine($"Added {member} with role {role} " + $"to {bucketName}");
        return bucketIamPolicy;
    }
} 

Go

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Go API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

 import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/iam"
	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
)

// addBucketIAMMember adds the bucket IAM member to permission role.
func addBucketIAMMember(w io.Writer, bucketName string) error {
	// bucketName := "bucket-name"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
	defer cancel()

	bucket := client.Bucket(bucketName)
	policy, err := bucket.IAM().Policy(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Bucket(%q).IAM().Policy: %w", bucketName, err)
	}
	// Other valid prefixes are "serviceAccount:", "user:"
	// See the documentation for more values.
	// https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/iam
	identity := "group:cloud-logs@google.com"
	var role iam.RoleName = "roles/storage.objectViewer"

	policy.Add(identity, role)
	if err := bucket.IAM().SetPolicy(ctx, policy); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Bucket(%q).IAM().SetPolicy: %w", bucketName, err)
	}
	// NOTE: It may be necessary to retry this operation if IAM policies are
	// being modified concurrently. SetPolicy will return an error if the policy
	// was modified since it was retrieved.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Added %v with role %v to %v\n", identity, role, bucketName)
	return nil
} 

Java

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Java API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

 import com.google.cloud.Binding;
import com.google.cloud.Policy;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class AddBucketIamMember {
  /** Example of adding a member to the Bucket-level IAM */
  public static void addBucketIamMember(String projectId, String bucketName) {
    // The ID of your GCP project
    // String projectId = "your-project-id";

    // The ID of your GCS bucket
    // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name";

    // For more information please read:
    // https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/iam
    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();

    Policy originalPolicy =
        storage.getIamPolicy(bucketName, Storage.BucketSourceOption.requestedPolicyVersion(3));

    String role = "roles/storage.objectViewer";
    String member = "group:example@google.com";

    // getBindingsList() returns an ImmutableList and copying over to an ArrayList so it's mutable.
    List<Binding> bindings = new ArrayList(originalPolicy.getBindingsList());

    // Create a new binding using role and member
    Binding.Builder newMemberBindingBuilder = Binding.newBuilder();
    newMemberBindingBuilder.setRole(role).setMembers(Arrays.asList(member));
    bindings.add(newMemberBindingBuilder.build());

    // Update policy to add member
    Policy.Builder updatedPolicyBuilder = originalPolicy.toBuilder();
    updatedPolicyBuilder.setBindings(bindings).setVersion(3);
    Policy updatedPolicy = storage.setIamPolicy(bucketName, updatedPolicyBuilder.build());

    System.out.printf("Added %s with role %s to %s\n", member, role, bucketName);
  }
} 

Node.js

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Node.js API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

 /**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
 */
// The ID of your GCS bucket
// const bucketName = 'your-unique-bucket-name';

// The role to grant
// const roleName = 'roles/storage.objectViewer';

// The members to grant the new role to
// const members = [
//   'user:jdoe@example.com',
//   'group:admins@example.com',
// ];

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');

// Creates a client
const storage = new Storage();

async function addBucketIamMember() {
  // Get a reference to a Google Cloud Storage bucket
  const bucket = storage.bucket(bucketName);

  // For more information please read:
  // https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/iam
  const [policy] = await bucket.iam.getPolicy({requestedPolicyVersion: 3});

  // Adds the new roles to the bucket's IAM policy
  policy.bindings.push({
    role: roleName,
    members: members,
  });

  // Updates the bucket's IAM policy
  await bucket.iam.setPolicy(policy);

  console.log(
    `Added the following member(s) with role ${roleName} to ${bucketName}:`
  );

  members.forEach(member => {
    console.log(`  ${member}`);
  });
}

addBucketIamMember().catch(console.error); 

PHP

For more information, see the Cloud Storage PHP API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

 use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Adds a new member / role IAM pair to a given Cloud Storage bucket.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
 * @param string $role The role to which the given member should be added.
 *        (e.g. 'roles/storage.objectViewer')
 * @param string[] $members The member(s) to be added to the role.
 *        (e.g. ['group:example@google.com'])
 */
function add_bucket_iam_member(string $bucketName, string $role, array $members): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);

    $policy = $bucket->iam()->policy(['requestedPolicyVersion' => 3]);
    $policy['version'] = 3;

    $policy['bindings'][] = [
        'role' => $role,
        'members' => $members
    ];

    $bucket->iam()->setPolicy($policy);

    printf('Added the following member(s) to role %s for bucket %s' . PHP_EOL, $role, $bucketName);
    foreach ($members as $member) {
        printf('    %s' . PHP_EOL, $member);
    }
} 

Python

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Python API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

 from google.cloud import storage


def add_bucket_iam_member(bucket_name, role, member):
    """Add a new member to an IAM Policy"""
    # bucket_name = "your-bucket-name"
    # role = "IAM role, e.g., roles/storage.objectViewer"
    # member = "IAM identity, e.g., user: name@example.com"

    storage_client = storage.Client()
    bucket = storage_client.bucket(bucket_name)

    policy = bucket.get_iam_policy(requested_policy_version=3)

    policy.bindings.append({"role": role, "members": {member}})

    bucket.set_iam_policy(policy)

    print(f"Added {member} with role {role} to {bucket_name}.") 

Ruby

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Ruby API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

 def add_bucket_iam_member bucket_name:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  require "google/cloud/storage"

  storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
  bucket = storage.bucket bucket_name

  role   = "roles/storage.objectViewer"
  member = "group:example@google.com"

  bucket.policy requested_policy_version: 3 do |policy|
    policy.bindings.insert role: role, members: [member]
  end

  puts "Added #{member} with role #{role} to #{bucket_name}"
end