Roles and permissions

Cloud Asset Inventory uses Identity and Access Management (IAM) for access control. Every Cloud Asset Inventory API method requires the caller to have the necessary permissions.

Roles

To get the permissions that you need to work with asset metadata, ask your administrator to grant you the following IAM roles on the organization, folder, or project:

For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

These predefined roles contain the permissions required to work with asset metadata. To see the exact permissions that are required, expand the Required permissions section:

Required permissions

The following permissions are required to work with asset metadata:

  • To view asset metadata:
    • cloudasset.assets.*
    • recommender.cloudAssetInsights.get
    • recommender.cloudAssetInsights.list
    • serviceusage.services.use
  • To view asset metadata and work with feeds:
    • cloudasset.*
    • recommender.cloudAssetInsights.*
    • serviceusage.services.use

You might also be able to get these permissions with custom roles or other predefined roles.

Permissions

The following table lists the permissions that the caller must have to call each API method in Cloud Asset Inventory, or to perform tasks using Google Cloud tools that use Cloud Asset Inventory such as the Google Cloud console or gcloud CLI.

The Cloud Asset Viewer (roles/cloudasset.viewer) and Cloud Asset Owner (roles/cloudasset.owner) roles include many of these permissions. If the caller has been granted one of these roles and the Service Usage Consumer (roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageConsumer) role, they might already have the permissions they need to use Cloud Asset Inventory.

RPC

Method Required permissions
All APIs
All Cloud Asset Inventory calls

All Cloud Asset Inventory calls require the serviceusage.services.use permission.

Analysis APIs

AnalyzeIamPolicy

AnalyzeIamPolicyLongRunning

BatchGetEffectiveIamPolicies

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources
  • iam.roles.get to analyze policies with custom roles

Additional permissions are required for working with Google Workspace.

AnalyzeMove

 cloudasset.assets.analyzeMove

AnalyzeOrgPolicies

AnalyzeOrgPolicyGovernedContainers

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources

AnalyzeOrgPolicyGovernedAssets

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources
Feed APIs

CreateFeed

cloudasset.feeds.create

You also need one of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource

DeleteFeed

 cloudasset.feeds.delete

GetFeed

 cloudasset.feeds.get

ListFeed

 cloudasset.feeds.list

UpdateFeed

cloudasset.feeds.update

You also need one of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource
Inventory APIs

BatchGetAssetsHistory

ExportAssets

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportAccessPolicy

    When using the ACCESS_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy

    When using the IAM_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportOrgPolicy

    When using the ORG_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportOSInventories

    When using the OS_INVENTORY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource

    When using the RELATIONSHIP or RESOURCE content types.

    Limiting resource access

    Granting the cloudasset.assets.exportResource permission to a user allows them to export all resource types. To restrict what resource types a user can export, you can grant permissions for each resource type instead. For example, you can grant the cloudasset.assets.exportComputeDisks permission by itself to allow a user to only export the compute.googleapis.com/Disk resource type.

    These granular permissions only apply to RESOURCE and unspecified content types.

    View the list of granular cloudasset.assets.export* permissions.

ListAssets

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.listAccessPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listOSInventories

  • cloudasset.assets.listResource

    When using the RELATIONSHIP and RESOURCE content types.

    Limiting resource access

    Granting the cloudasset.assets.listResource permission to a user allows them to list all resource types. To restrict what resource types a user can list, you can grant permissions for each resource type instead. For example, you can grant the cloudasset.assets.listComputeDisks permission by itself to allow a user to only list the compute.googleapis.com/Disk resource type.

    These granular permissions only apply to RESOURCE and unspecified content types.

    View the list of granular cloudasset.assets.list* permissions.

QueryAssets

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.queryAccessPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.queryIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.queryOSInventories
  • cloudasset.assets.queryResource for both the RELATIONSHIP and RESOURCE content types.
Search APIs

SearchAllIamPolicies

 cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies

SearchAllResources

cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources

You also need cloudasset.assets.searchEnrichmentResourceOwners if searching for resource owner enrichment.

REST

Method Required permissions
All APIs
All Cloud Asset Inventory calls

All Cloud Asset Inventory calls require the serviceusage.services.use permission.

Analysis APIs

analyzeIamPolicy

analyzeIamPolicyLongRunning

effectiveIamPolicies.batchGet

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources
  • iam.roles.get to analyze policies with custom roles

Additional permissions are required for working with Google Workspace.

analyzeMove

 cloudasset.assets.analyzeMove

analyzeOrgPolicies

analyzeOrgPolicyGovernedContainers

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources

analyzeOrgPolicyGovernedAssets

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources
Feed APIs

feeds.create

cloudasset.feeds.create

You also need one of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource

feeds.delete

 cloudasset.feeds.delete

feeds.get

 cloudasset.feeds.get

feeds.list

 cloudasset.feeds.list

feeds.patch

cloudasset.feeds.update

You also need one of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource
Inventory APIs

batchGetAssetsHistory

exportAssets

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportAccessPolicy

    When using the ACCESS_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy

    When using the IAM_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportOrgPolicy

    When using the ORG_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportOSInventories

    When using the OS_INVENTORY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource

    When using the RELATIONSHIP or RESOURCE content types.

    Limiting resource access

    Granting the cloudasset.assets.exportResource permission to a user allows them to export all resource types. To restrict what resource types a user can export, you can grant permissions for each resource type instead. For example, you can grant the cloudasset.assets.exportComputeDisks permission by itself to allow a user to only export the compute.googleapis.com/Disk resource type.

    These granular permissions only apply to RESOURCE and unspecified content types.

    View the list of granular cloudasset.assets.export* permissions.

assets.list

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.listAccessPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listOSInventories

  • cloudasset.assets.listResource

    When using the RELATIONSHIP and RESOURCE content types.

    Limiting resource access

    Granting the cloudasset.assets.listResource permission to a user allows them to list all resource types. To restrict what resource types a user can list, you can grant permissions for each resource type instead. For example, you can grant the cloudasset.assets.listComputeDisks permission by itself to allow a user to only list the compute.googleapis.com/Disk resource type.

    These granular permissions only apply to RESOURCE and unspecified content types.

    View the list of granular cloudasset.assets.list* permissions.

queryAssets

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.queryAccessPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.queryIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.queryOSInventories
  • cloudasset.assets.queryResource for both the RELATIONSHIP and RESOURCE content types.
Search APIs

searchAllIamPolicies

 cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies

searchAllResources

cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources

You also need cloudasset.assets.searchEnrichmentResourceOwners if searching for resource owner enrichment.

gcloud

Positional statement Required permissions
All APIs
All Cloud Asset Inventory calls

All Cloud Asset Inventory calls require the serviceusage.services.use permission.

Analysis APIs

analyze-iam-policy

analyze-iam-policy-longrunning

get-effective-iam-policy

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources
  • iam.roles.get to analyze policies with custom roles

Additional permissions are required for working with Google Workspace.

analyze-move

 cloudasset.assets.analyzeMove

analyze-org-policies

analyze-org-policy-governed-containers

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources

analyze-org-policy-governed-assets

All of the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.analyzeOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies
  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources
Feed APIs

feeds create

cloudasset.feeds.create

You also need one of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource

feeds delete

 cloudasset.feeds.delete

feeds describe

 cloudasset.feeds.get

feeds list

 cloudasset.feeds.list

feeds update

cloudasset.feeds.update

You also need one of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource
Inventory APIs

export

get-history

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.exportAccessPolicy

    When using the ACCESS_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportIamPolicy

    When using the IAM_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportOrgPolicy

    When using the ORG_POLICY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportOSInventories

    When using the OS_INVENTORY content type.

  • cloudasset.assets.exportResource

    When using the RELATIONSHIP or RESOURCE content types.

    Limiting resource access

    Granting the cloudasset.assets.exportResource permission to a user allows them to export all resource types. To restrict what resource types a user can export, you can grant permissions for each resource type instead. For example, you can grant the cloudasset.assets.exportComputeDisks permission by itself to allow a user to only export the compute.googleapis.com/Disk resource type.

    These granular permissions only apply to RESOURCE and unspecified content types.

    View the list of granular cloudasset.assets.export* permissions.

list

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.listAccessPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listOrgPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.listOSInventories

  • cloudasset.assets.listResource

    When using the RELATIONSHIP and RESOURCE content types.

    Limiting resource access

    Granting the cloudasset.assets.listResource permission to a user allows them to list all resource types. To restrict what resource types a user can list, you can grant permissions for each resource type instead. For example, you can grant the cloudasset.assets.listComputeDisks permission by itself to allow a user to only list the compute.googleapis.com/Disk resource type.

    These granular permissions only apply to RESOURCE and unspecified content types.

    View the list of granular cloudasset.assets.list* permissions.

query

One of the following permissions, depending on the content type:

  • cloudasset.assets.queryAccessPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.queryIamPolicy
  • cloudasset.assets.queryOSInventories
  • cloudasset.assets.queryResource for both the RELATIONSHIP and RESOURCE content types.
Search APIs

search-all-iam-policies

 cloudasset.assets.searchAllIamPolicies

search-all-resources

cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources

You also need cloudasset.assets.searchEnrichmentResourceOwners if searching for resource owner enrichment.

Console

The Google Cloud console uses the SearchAllResources API to request data. To use Cloud Asset Inventory in the Google Cloud console, grant the following permissions:

  • cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources
  • serviceusage.services.use

VPC Service Controls

VPC Service Controls can be used with Cloud Asset Inventory to provide additional security for your assets. To learn more about VPC Service Controls, see the Overview of VPC Service Controls.

To learn about the limitations in using Cloud Asset Inventory with VPC Service Controls, see the supported products and limitations.