- NAME
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- gcloud beta spanner instances set-iam-policy - set the IAM policy for a Cloud Spanner instance
 
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta spanner instances set-iam-policy[INSTANCE]POLICY_FILE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
 
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Set the IAM policy for a Cloud Spanner instance given a instance ID and a file encoded in JSON or YAML that contains the IAM policy.
- EXAMPLES
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The following command reads an IAM policy defined in a JSON file
policy.jsonand sets it for a spanner instance with the IDexample-instance:gcloud beta spanner instances set-iam-policy example-instance policy.jsonSee https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policies for details of the policy file format and contents. 
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Instance resource - The Spanner 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;
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set the property spanner/instancewith a fully specified name;
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provide the argument --projecton the command line;
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set the property core/project.
 - [INSTANCE]
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ID of the instance or fully qualified identifier for the instance.
To set the instanceattribute:- 
provide the argument instanceon the command line;
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set the property spanner/instance.
 
- 
provide the argument 
 
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provide the argument 
- POLICY_FILE
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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.
 
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Instance resource - The Spanner 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
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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 spanner/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/spanner/
- NOTES
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This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud spanner instances set-iam-policygcloud alpha spanner instances set-iam-policy
      gcloud beta spanner instances set-iam-policy
  
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.