- NAME
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- gcloud beta sql users set-password-policy - replaces a user's password policy in a given instance
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta sql users set-password-policyUSERNAME--instance=INSTANCE,-iINSTANCE[--async] [--clear-password-policy] [--host=HOST] [--password-policy-allowed-failed-attempts=PASSWORD_POLICY_ALLOWED_FAILED_ATTEMPTS] [--[no-]password-policy-enable-failed-attempts-check] [--[no-]password-policy-enable-password-verification] [--password-policy-password-expiration-duration=PASSWORD_POLICY_PASSWORD_EXPIRATION_DURATION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Replaces a user's password policy in a given instance with a specified username and host. - EXAMPLES
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To replace the password policy with 2 minutes password expiration time for
in instancemy-user, run:prod-instancegcloud beta sql users set-password-policy my-user --instance=prod-instance --password-policy-password-expiration-duration=2mTo clear the existing password policy of
in instancemy-user, run:prod-instancegcloud beta sql users set-password-policy my-user --instance=prod-instance --clear-password-policy - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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USERNAME- Cloud SQL username.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--instance=INSTANCE,-iINSTANCE- Cloud SQL instance ID.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--async- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--clear-password-policy- Clear the existing password policy. This flag is only available for Postgres.
--host=HOST-
Cloud SQL user's hostname expressed as a specific IP address or address range.
%denotes an unrestricted hostname. Applicable flag for MySQL instances; ignored for all other engines. Note, if you connect to your instance using IP addresses, you must add your client IP address as an authorized address, even if your hostname is unrestricted. For more information, see Configure IP. --password-policy-allowed-failed-attempts=PASSWORD_POLICY_ALLOWED_FAILED_ATTEMPTS- Number of failed login attempts allowed before a user is locked out.
--[no-]password-policy-enable-failed-attempts-check-
Enables the failed login attempts check if set to true. Use
--password-policy-enable-failed-attempts-checkto enable and--no-password-policy-enable-failed-attempts-checkto disable. --[no-]password-policy-enable-password-verification-
The current password must be specified when altering the password. Use
--password-policy-enable-password-verificationto enable and--no-password-policy-enable-password-verificationto disable. --password-policy-password-expiration-duration=PASSWORD_POLICY_PASSWORD_EXPIRATION_DURATION-
Expiration duration after a password is updated, for example, 2d for 2 days. See
gcloud topic datetimesfor information on duration formats.
- 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. - NOTES
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This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud sql users set-password-policygcloud alpha sql users set-password-policy
gcloud beta sql users set-password-policy
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Last updated 2025-05-20 UTC.