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This page explains how to secure a Compute Engine instance with Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP).

Before you begin

To enable IAP for Compute Engine, you need the following:

If you don't have your Compute Engine instance set up already, see Setting up IAP for Compute Engine for a complete walkthrough.

IAP uses a Google-managed OAuth client to authenticate users. Only users within the organization can access the IAP-enabled application. If you want to allow access to users outside of your organization, see Enable IAP for external applications.

Note: The ability to authenticate users with a Google-managed OAuth client is available in Preview.

You can enable IAP on a Compute Engine backend service or on a Compute Engine forwarding rule. When you enable IAP on a Compute Engine backend service, only that backend service is protected by IAP. When you enable IAP on a Compute Engine forwarding rule, all of the Compute Engine instances behind the forwarding rule are protected by IAP.

Enable IAP on a forwarding rule

You can enable IAP on a forwarding rule by using the load balancer authorization policies framework.

gcloud
  1. Run the following command to prepare a policy.yaml file.
$ cat << EOF > policy.yaml
action: CUSTOM
description: authz policy with Cloud IAP
name: AUTHZ_POLICY_NAME
customProvider:
  cloudIap: {}
target:
  loadBalancingScheme: EXTERNAL_MANAGED
  resources:
  - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/regions/LOCATION/forwardingRules/FORWARDING_RULE_ID
EOF
  1. Run the following command to enable IAP on a forwarding rule.
gcloud beta network-security authz-policies import AUTHZ_POLICY_NAME \
--source=policy.yaml \
--location=LOCATION \
--project=PROJECT_ID

Replace the following:

API
  1. Run the following command to prepare a policy.json file.
    cat << EOF > policy.json
    {
    "name": "AUTHZ_POLICY_NAME",
    "target": {
    "loadBalancingScheme": "INTERNAL_MANAGED",
    "resources": [
    "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/regions/LOCATION/forwardingRules/FORWARDING_RULE_ID"
    ],
    },
    "action": "CUSTOM",
    "httpRules": [],
    "customProvider": {
    "cloudIap": {}
    }
    }
    EOF
    
  2. Run the following command to enable IAP on a forwarding rule.

    curl -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    -H "Accept: application/json" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @policy.json \
    "https://networksecurity.googleapis.com/v1beta1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/authzPolicies"
    

    Replace the following:

After you enable IAP on a forwarding rule, you can apply permissions to resources.

Enable IAP on a Compute Engine backend service

You can enable IAP on a Compute Engine backend service through that backend service.

console

The Google-managed OAuth client is not available when enabling IAP using the Google Cloud console.

If you haven't configured your project's OAuth consent screen, you'll be prompted to do so. To configure your OAuth consent screen, see Setting up your OAuth consent screen.

If you are running GKE clusters version 1.24 or later, you can configure IAP and GKE by using the Kubernetes Gateway API. To do so, complete the following steps and then follow the instructions in Configure IAP. Do not configure BackendConfig.

Setting up IAP access
  1. Go to the Identity-Aware Proxy page.
    Go to the Identity-Aware Proxy page
  2. Select the project you want to secure with IAP.
  3. Select the checkbox next to the resource you want to grant access to.

    If you don't see a resource, ensure that the resource is created and that the BackendConfig Compute Engine ingress controller is synced.

    To verify that the backend service is available, run the following gcloud command:

    gcloud compute backend-services list
  4. On the right side panel, click Add principal.
  5. In the Add principals dialog that appears, enter the email addresses of groups or individuals who should have the IAP-secured Web App User role for the project.

    The following kinds of principals can have this role:

    Make sure to add a Google Account that you have access to.

  6. Select Cloud IAP > IAP-secured Web App User from the Roles drop-down list.
  7. Click Save.
Turning on IAP
  1. On the Identity-Aware Proxy page, under APPLICATIONS, find the load balancer that serves the instance group you want to restrict access to. To turn on IAP for a resource, toggle the on/off switch in the IAP column.
    To enable IAP:
  2. In the Turn on IAP window that appears, click Turn On to confirm that you want IAP to secure your resource. After you turn on IAP, it requires login credentials for all connections to your load balancer. Only accounts with the IAP-Secured Web App User role on the project will be given access.
gcloud

Before you set up your project and IAP, you need an up-to-date version of the gcloud CLI. For instructions on how to install the gcloud CLI, see Install the gcloud CLI.

  1. To authenticate, use the Google Cloud CLI and run the following command.
    gcloud auth login
  2. To sign in, follow the URL that appears.
  3. After you sign in, copy the verification code that appears and paste it in the command line.
  4. Run the following command to specify the project that contains the resource that you want to protect with IAP.
    gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID
  5. To enable IAP, run either the globally or regionally scoped command.

    Global scope

    gcloud compute backend-services update BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME --global --iap=enabled
    Regional scope
    gcloud compute backend-services update BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME --region REGION_NAME --iap=enabled

After you enable IAP, you can use the gcloud CLI to modify the IAP access policy using the IAM role roles/iap.httpsResourceAccessor. Learn more about managing roles and permissions.

API
  1. Run the following command to prepare a settings.json file.

    cat << EOF > settings.json
    {
    "iap":
      {
        "enabled":true
      }
    }
    EOF
    
  2. Run the following command to enable IAP.

    curl -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    -H "Accept: application/json" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @settings.json \
    "https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/REGION/backendServices/BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME"
    

After you enable IAP, you can use the Google Cloud CLI to modify the IAP access policy using the IAM role roles/iap.httpsResourceAccessor. Learn more about managing roles and permissions.

Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2025-08-07 UTC.

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