- NAME
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- gcloud alpha compute vpn-gateways test-iam-permissions - test IAM permissions for a Compute Engine VPN gateway
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha compute vpn-gateways test-iam-permissions(VPN_GATEWAY:--region=REGION)--permissions=[PERMISSIONS,…] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Returns permissions that a caller has on the specified Compute Engine VPN gateway. - EXAMPLES
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To test if the caller has 'compute.vpnGateways.get' permission on a VPN gateway,
run:
gcloud alpha compute vpn-gateways test-iam-permissions my-vpn-gateway --region=us-central1 --permissions=compute.vpnGateways.get - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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VPN gateway resource - VPN gateway you want to test the IAM permissions 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
projectattribute:-
provide the argument
vpn_gatewayon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
VPN_GATEWAY-
ID of the VPN gateway or fully qualified identifier for the VPN gateway.
To set the
vpn_gatewayattribute:-
provide the argument
vpn_gatewayon 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
--region=REGION-
The name of the Google Compute Engine region.
To set the
regionattribute:-
provide the argument
vpn_gatewayon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--regionon the command line; -
set the property
compute/region.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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VPN gateway resource - VPN gateway you want to test the IAM permissions 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.
- 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
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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. These variants are also available:
gcloud compute vpn-gateways test-iam-permissionsgcloud beta compute vpn-gateways test-iam-permissionsgcloud preview compute vpn-gateways test-iam-permissions
gcloud alpha compute vpn-gateways test-iam-permissions
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Last updated 2026-08-04 UTC.