- NAME
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- gcloud bigtable instances set-iam-policy - set IAM policy for an instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud bigtable instances set-iam-policyINSTANCEPOLICY_FILE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Set the IAM policy for a Cloud Bigtable instance.
- EXAMPLES
- The following command will read an IAM policy from 'policy.json' and set it for
an instance with 'my-instance-id' as the identifier:
See https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policies for details of the policy file format and contents.gcloud bigtable instances set-iam-policy my-instance-id policy.json - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- Instance resource - The instance 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
instanceon 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 - ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:- provide the argument
instanceon 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 resource - The instance 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. - NOTES
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha bigtable instances set-iam-policygcloud beta bigtable instances set-iam-policy
gcloud bigtable instances set-iam-policy
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

