- NAME
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- gcloud sql generate-login-token - generate an IAM login token for Cloud SQL
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud sql generate-login-token[--application-default-credential] [--instance=INSTANCE,-iINSTANCE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- gcloud sql generate-login-token generates an IAM token to use for logging in to Cloud SQL instances.
- EXAMPLES
- To generate an IAM login token using gcloud credentials, run:
gcloud sql generate-login-tokenTo generate an IAM login token using application default credentials, run:
gcloud sql generate-login-token --application-default-credentialTo generate an IAM login token using gcloud credentials for instance
my-instance, run:gcloud sql generate-login-token --instance = my-instanceTo generate an IAM login token using application default credentials for instance
my-instance, run:gcloud sql generate-login-token --instance = my-instance --application-default-credential - FLAGS
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--application-default-credential - Use application default credentials to generate the login token.
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--instance=INSTANCE,-iINSTANCE - Cloud SQL instance ID.
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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 sql generate-login-tokengcloud beta sql generate-login-token
gcloud sql generate-login-token
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.
