.TH "GCLOUD_COMPUTE_INSTANCES_SET\-IAM\-POLICY" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud compute instances set\-iam\-policy \- set IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud compute instances set\-iam\-policy\fR (\fIINSTANCE\fR\ :\ \fB\-\-zone\fR=\fIZONE\fR) \fIPOLICY_FILE\fR [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

Set IAM policy for a Compute Engine instance.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

The following command reads an IAM policy defined in a JSON file
\f5policy.json\fR and sets it for the instance 'my\-instance' and zone 'ZONE':

.RS 2m
$ gcloud compute instances set\-iam\-policy my\-instance \-\-zone=ZONE \e
    policy.json
.RE

See https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing\-policies for details of policy
role and member types.



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Instance resource \- The instance to set the IAM policy of. The arguments in
this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some
attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5instance\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(em" 2m
set the property \f5core/project\fR.
.RE
.sp

This must be specified.


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIINSTANCE\fR

ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.

To set the \f5instance\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5instance\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this
group are specified.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-zone\fR=\fIZONE\fR

The name of the Google Compute Engine zone.

To set the \f5zone\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5instance\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-zone\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
set the property \f5compute/zone\fR.
.RE
.sp

.RE
.sp
.TP 2m
\fIPOLICY_FILE\fR

Path to a local JSON or YAML formatted file containing a valid policy.

The output of the \f5get\-iam\-policy\fR command is a valid file, as is any JSON
or YAML file conforming to the structure of a Policy
(https://cloud.google.com/iam/reference/rest/v1/Policy).


.RE
.sp

.SH "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 \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "API REFERENCE"

This command uses the \fBcompute/v1\fR API. The full documentation for this API
can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/



.SH "NOTES"

These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha compute instances set\-iam\-policy
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta compute instances set\-iam\-policy
.RE