- NAME
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- gcloud alpha compute instance-groups test-iam-permissions - test IAM permissions for a Compute Engine instance group
- SYNOPSIS
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-
gcloud alpha compute instance-groups test-iam-permissions(INSTANCE_GROUP:--zone=ZONE)--permissions=[PERMISSIONS,…] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Returns permissions that a caller has on the specified instance group. - EXAMPLES
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To test if the caller has 'compute.instanceGroups.get' permission on an instance
group, run:
gcloud alpha compute instance-groups test-iam-permissions my-instance-group --zone=ZONE --permissions=compute.instanceGroups.get - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Instance group resource - The instance group for which to test permissions. 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
projectattribute:-
provide the argument
instance_groupon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
INSTANCE_GROUP-
ID of the instance_group or fully qualified identifier for the instance_group.
To set the
instance_groupattribute:-
provide the argument
instance_groupon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument
--zone=ZONE-
The name of the Google Compute Engine zone.
To set the
zoneattribute:-
provide the argument
instance_groupon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--zoneon the command line; -
set the property
compute/zone.
-
provide the argument
-
provide the argument
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Instance group resource - The instance group for which to test permissions. 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.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--permissions=[PERMISSIONS,…]- Permissions to be tested.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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. - API REFERENCE
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This command uses the
compute/alphaAPI. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ - NOTES
- This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist.
gcloud alpha compute instance-groups test-iam-permissions
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Last updated 2026-06-23 UTC.