- NAME
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- gcloud preview compute health-checks test-iam-permissions - test IAM permissions for a Compute Engine health check
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview compute health-checks test-iam-permissionsNAME--permissions=[PERMISSION,…] [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute health-checks test-iam-permissionstests the IAM permissions that a caller has on a Compute Engine health check.Note: This operation is designed to be used for building permission-aware UIs and command-line tools, not for authorization checking. This operation may "fail open" without warning.
- EXAMPLES
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To test if the caller has
compute.healthChecks.getIamPolicypermission on a health checkmy-health-check, run:gcloud preview compute health-checks test-iam-permissions my-health-check --permissions=compute.healthChecks.getIamPolicy - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME- Name of the health check to test IAM permissions for.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--permissions=[PERMISSION,…]- The set of permissions to check for the resource.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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At most one of these can be specified:
--global- If set, the health check is global.
--region=REGION-
Region of the health check to test IAM permissions for. If not specified, you
might be prompted to select a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/regiongcloud config set compute/region REGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/regionAlternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION
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At most one of these can be specified:
- 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 DEVELOPER PREVIEW and may 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 health-checks test-iam-permissionsgcloud alpha compute health-checks test-iam-permissionsgcloud beta compute health-checks test-iam-permissions
gcloud preview compute health-checks test-iam-permissions
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Last updated 2026-07-21 UTC.