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This page describes how to create and manage Identity and Access Management (IAM) custom roles. Managing roles includes modifying, disabling, listing, deleting, and undeleting roles.
Before you beginEnable the IAM API.
Set up authentication.
Select the tab for how you plan to use the samples on this page:
ConsoleWhen you use the Google Cloud console to access Google Cloud services and APIs, you don't need to set up authentication.
gcloudIn the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.
At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
To use the .NET samples on this page in a local development environment, install and initialize the gcloud CLI, and then set up Application Default Credentials with your user credentials.
Install the Google Cloud CLI.
If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:
gcloud init
If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:
gcloud auth application-default login
You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.
If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
For more information, see Set up ADC for a local development environment in the Google Cloud authentication documentation.
C++To use the C++ samples on this page in a local development environment, install and initialize the gcloud CLI, and then set up Application Default Credentials with your user credentials.
Install the Google Cloud CLI.
If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:
gcloud init
If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:
gcloud auth application-default login
You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.
If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
For more information, see Set up ADC for a local development environment in the Google Cloud authentication documentation.
GoTo use the Go samples on this page in a local development environment, install and initialize the gcloud CLI, and then set up Application Default Credentials with your user credentials.
Install the Google Cloud CLI.
If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:
gcloud init
If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:
gcloud auth application-default login
You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.
If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
For more information, see Set up ADC for a local development environment in the Google Cloud authentication documentation.
JavaTo use the Java samples on this page in a local development environment, install and initialize the gcloud CLI, and then set up Application Default Credentials with your user credentials.
Install the Google Cloud CLI.
If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:
gcloud init
If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:
gcloud auth application-default login
You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.
If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
For more information, see Set up ADC for a local development environment in the Google Cloud authentication documentation.
PythonTo use the Python samples on this page in a local development environment, install and initialize the gcloud CLI, and then set up Application Default Credentials with your user credentials.
Install the Google Cloud CLI.
If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:
gcloud init
If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:
gcloud auth application-default login
You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.
If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
For more information, see Set up ADC for a local development environment in the Google Cloud authentication documentation.
RESTTo use the REST API samples on this page in a local development environment, you use the credentials you provide to the gcloud CLI.
After installing the Google Cloud CLI, initialize it by running the following command:
gcloud init
If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.
For more information, see Authenticate for using REST in the Google Cloud authentication documentation.
Understand the Google Cloud resource hierarchy.
To get the permissions that you need to create and manage custom roles, ask your administrator to grant you the following IAM roles:
roles/iam.roleAdmin
) on the project that you want to manage roles forroles/iam.organizationRoleAdmin
) on the organization that you want to manage roles forFor more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.
You might also be able to get the required permissions through custom roles or other predefined roles.
View available permissions for projects, folders, and organizationsYou can create custom roles for an entire organization, or for a specific project in that organization. The permissions that are available for custom roles depend on where you create the role. For example, if a permission can only be used at the organization level, then you can't include that permission in a project-level custom role.
To check which permissions are available for organization-level and project-level custom roles, you can use the gcloud CLI or the Identity and Access Management API to list the permissions that are available in a specific organization or project. For example, you can get all permissions that are available for custom roles that are created in your project.
Some permissions might not be visible to you or usable in a custom role, even if they are supported in custom roles. For example, a permission might not be available for use in custom roles if you have not enabled the API for the service.
To learn more about the permissions that you can add to custom roles, see Supported permissions.
gcloudIn the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.
At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
Use the gcloud iam list-testable-permissions
command to get a list of permissions that are available for custom roles in a specific project or organization. The response lists the permissions that you can use in custom roles for that project or organization.
To list permissions that are available in custom roles for a project or organization, run this command:
gcloud iam list-testable-permissions FULL_RESOURCE_NAME \ --filter="customRolesSupportLevel!=NOT_SUPPORTED"
Replace FULL_RESOURCE_NAME
with one of the following values:
Project: //cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/projects/PROJECT_ID
(for example, //cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/projects/my-project
)
Organization: //cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/organizations/NUMERIC_ID
(for example, //cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/organizations/123456789012
)
The results indicate whether each permission is supported in custom roles. Permissions that do not have a customRolesSupportLevel
field are fully supported.
The list-testable-permissions
command might return hundreds of results. This partial example shows the format of each result:
--- name: appengine.applications.create stage: GA --- customRolesSupportLevel: TESTING name: appengine.applications.disable stage: GA --- name: appengine.applications.get stage: GA --- name: appengine.applications.update stage: GA --- name: appengine.instances.delete stage: GA --- name: appengine.instances.get stage: GA ---
To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
C#To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
GoTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
JavaTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
PythonTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
RESTThe permissions.queryTestablePermissions
method lists permissions available in an organization or project.
Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:
FULL_RESOURCE_NAME
: A URI consisting of the service name and the path to the resource. For examples, see Full resource names.PAGE_SIZE
: Optional. The number of permissions to include in the response. The default value is 100, and the maximum value is 1,000. If the number of permissions is greater than the page size, the response contains a pagination token that you can use to retrieve the next page of results.NEXT_PAGE_TOKEN
: Optional. The pagination token returned in an earlier response from this method. If specified, the list of testable permissions will start where the previous response ended.HTTP method and URL:
POST https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/permissions:queryTestablePermissions
Request JSON body:
{ "fullResourceName": "FULL_RESOURCE_NAME" "pageSize": PAGE_SIZE, "pageToken": "NEXT_PAGE_TOKEN" }
To send your request, expand one of these options:
curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
, or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud
CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
curl -X POST \PowerShell (Windows) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
-d @request.json \
"https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/permissions:queryTestablePermissions"
gcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
. You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
$cred = gcloud auth print-access-tokenAPIs Explorer (browser)
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method POST `
-Headers $headers `
-ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
-InFile request.json `
-Uri "https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/permissions:queryTestablePermissions" | Select-Object -Expand Content
Copy the request body and open the method reference page. The APIs Explorer panel opens on the right side of the page. You can interact with this tool to send requests. Paste the request body in this tool, complete any other required fields, and click Execute.
The response contains the list of permissions.
Note: Permissions that do not have acustomRolesSupportLevel
field are fully supported in custom roles.
{ "permissions": [ { "name": "iam.serviceAccountKeys.create", "stage": "GA" }, { "name": "iam.serviceAccountKeys.delete", "stage": "GA" }, { "name": "iam.serviceAccountKeys.get", "stage": "GA" } ], "nextPageToken": "CgoHBajEfjUDQyABEPaIv5vIiMDTVhgDIhtpYW0uc2VydmljZUFjY291bnRLZXlzLmxpc3Q" }
Before you create a custom role, you might want to get the metadata for both predefined and custom roles. Role metadata includes the role ID and permissions contained in the role. You can view the metadata using the Google Cloud console or the IAM API.
To view the role metadata, use one of the methods below:
Create a custom roleYou can create a custom role at the project or organization level.
Note: You cannot define custom roles at the folder level. If you need to use a custom role within a folder, define the custom role at the organization level.An organization-level custom role can include any of the IAM permissions that are supported in custom roles. A project-level custom role can contain any supported permission except for permissions that can only be used at the organization or folder level, such as resourcemanager.organizations.get
. If you try to add these permissions to a project-level custom role, you see an error message:
The following warning message is displayed: "Not applicable for project-level custom roles". The permission will be automatically unselected from the list of included permissions, and you can proceed with creating the role.
gcloudThe following error message is returned: INVALID_ARGUMENT: Permission PERMISSION is not valid
. The custom role will not be created until you first remove the permission from the role definition and try the operation again.
The following error message is returned: Permission PERMISSION is not valid
, along with an HTTP 400 error code and a status of INVALID_ARGUMENT
. The custom role will not be created until you first remove the permission from the role definition and try the operation again.
Each custom role can contain up to 3,000 permissions. Also, the maximum total size of the title, description, and permission names for a custom role is 64 KB. If you need to create a larger custom role, you can split the permissions across multiple custom roles. Choose role titles that show the relationship between the custom roles, such as Custom Admin (1 of 2)
and Custom Admin (2 of 2)
.
Each custom role can have a launch stage. Most launch stages are informational, and help you keep track of whether each role is ready for widespread use. Additionally, the DISABLED
launch stage lets you disable a custom role. For more information about launch stages, see Testing and deploying.
Some predefined roles contain deprecated permissions or permissions that are otherwise not permitted in custom roles. If you try to create a custom role based on one of these predefined roles, the custom role will omit the deprecated and restricted permissions.
To create a new custom role from scratch:
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Roles page.
Using the drop-down list at the top of the page, select the organization or project in which you want to create a role.
Click Create Role.
Enter a Title, Description, ID, and Role launch stage for the role. The role ID cannot be changed after the role is created.
Click Add Permissions.
Select the permissions you want to include in the role and click Add Permissions. Use the All Services and All Types drop-down lists to filter and select permissions by services and types.
Creating a custom role based on an existing predefined role:
In the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.
At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
Use the gcloud iam roles create
command to create new custom roles. You can use this command in two ways:
By providing a YAML file that contains the role definition
By using flags to specify the role definition
When creating a custom role, you must specify whether it applies to the organization level or project level by using the --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID
or --project=PROJECT_ID
flags. Each example below creates a custom role at the project level.
A custom role can contain only permissions that are supported in custom roles. If the custom role contains other permissions, the command fails.
To create a custom role using a YAML file:
Create a YAML file that contains the definition for your custom role. The file must be structured in the following way:
title: ROLE_TITLE description: ROLE_DESCRIPTION stage: LAUNCH_STAGE includedPermissions: - PERMISSION_1 - PERMISSION_2
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_TITLE
is a friendly title for the role, such as "My Company Admin"
.
ROLE_DESCRIPTION
is a short description of the role, such as "My custom role description"
.
LAUNCH_STAGE
indicates the stage of a role in the launch lifecycle, such as ALPHA
, BETA
, or GA
.
PERMISSION_1
and PERMISSION_2
are permissions to include in the custom role, such as iam.roles.get
. You can't use wildcard characters (*
) in permission names.
Save the YAML file, and then execute one of the following commands:
To create a custom role at the organization level, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles create ROLE_ID--organization=ORGANIZATION_ID \ --file=YAML_FILE_PATH
To create a custom role at the project level, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles create ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID \ --file=YAML_FILE_PATH
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
YAML_FILE_PATH
is the path to the location of your YAML file that contains the custom role definition.
Examples
The following example YAML file demonstrates how to create a role definition:
title: "My Company Admin" description: "My custom role description." stage: "ALPHA" includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list
The following example demonstrates how to create a role at the organization level using the YAML file:
gcloud iam roles create myCompanyAdmin --organization=123456789012 \ --file=my-role-definition.yaml
If the role was created successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
Created role [myCompanyAdmin]. description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBX0sQD0= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list name: organizations/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
The following example demonstrates how to create a role at the project level using the YAML file:
gcloud iam roles create myCompanyAdmin --project=my-project \ --file=my-role-definition.yaml
If the role was created successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
Created role [myCompanyAdmin]. description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBX0sQD0= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list name: projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
To create a custom role using flags:
Execute one of the following commands:
To create a custom role at the organization level, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles create ROLE_ID--organization=ORGANIZATION_ID \ --title=ROLE_TITLE --description=ROLE_DESCRIPTION \ --permissions="PERMISSIONS_LIST" --stage=LAUNCH_STAGE
To create a custom role at the project level, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles create ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID \ --title=ROLE_TITLE --description=ROLE_DESCRIPTION \ --permissions="PERMISSIONS_LIST" --stage=LAUNCH_STAGE
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
ROLE_TITLE
is a friendly title for the role, such as "My Company Admin"
.
ROLE_DESCRIPTION
is a short description of the role, such as "My custom role description."
.
PERMISSIONS_LIST
contains a comma-separated list of permissions you want to include in the custom role. For example: iam.roles.get,iam.roles.list
. You can't use wildcard characters (*
) in permission names.
LAUNCH_STAGE
indicates the stage of a role in the launch lifecycle, such as ALPHA
, BETA
, or GA
.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to create a role at the organization level using flags:
gcloud iam roles create myCompanyAdmin --organization=123456789012 \ --title="My Company Admin" --description="My custom role description." \ --permissions="iam.roles.get,iam.roles.list" --stage=ALPHA
If the role was created successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
Created role [myCompanyAdmin]. description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBX0sQD0= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list name: organizations/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
The following example demonstrates how to create a role at the project level using flags:
gcloud iam roles create myCompanyAdmin --project=my-project \ --title="My Company Admin" --description="My custom role description." \ --permissions="iam.roles.get,iam.roles.list" --stage=ALPHA
If the role was created successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
Created role [myCompanyAdmin]. description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBX0sQD0= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list name: projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
C#To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
GoTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
JavaTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
PythonTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
RESTThe roles.create
method creates a custom role in a project or organization.
Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:
RESOURCE_TYPE
: The resource type whose custom roles you want to manage. Use the value projects
or organizations
.RESOURCE_ID
: The project ID or organization ID whose custom roles you want to manage. Project IDs are alphanumeric strings, like my-project
. Organization IDs are numeric, like 123456789012
.ROLE_ID
: The name of the role, such as myCompanyAdmin
.ROLE_TITLE
: The human-readable title for the role. For example, My Company Admin
.ROLE_DESCRIPTION
: A description for the role. For example, "The company admin role allows company admins to access important resources"
.PERMISSION_1
and PERMISSION_2
: The permissions that you want to include in the role. For example, storage.objects.update
. You can't use wildcard characters (*
) in permission names.
A custom role can contain only permissions that are supported in custom roles. If the custom role contains other permissions, the request fails.
LAUNCH_STAGE
: The current launch stage of the role. This field can contain one of the following values: EAP
, ALPHA
, BETA
, GA
, DEPRECATED
, or DISABLED
.HTTP method and URL:
POST https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles
Request JSON body:
{ "roleId": "ROLE_ID", "role": { "title": "ROLE_TITLE", "description": "ROLE_DESCRIPTION", "includedPermissions": [ "PERMISSION_1", "PERMISSION_2" ], "stage": "LAUNCH_STAGE" } }
To send your request, expand one of these options:
curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
, or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud
CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
curl -X POST \PowerShell (Windows) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
-d @request.json \
"https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles"
gcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
. You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
$cred = gcloud auth print-access-tokenAPIs Explorer (browser)
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method POST `
-Headers $headers `
-ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
-InFile request.json `
-Uri "https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles" | Select-Object -Expand Content
Copy the request body and open the method reference page. The APIs Explorer panel opens on the right side of the page. You can interact with this tool to send requests. Paste the request body in this tool, complete any other required fields, and click Execute.
The response contains the role you created.
{ "name": "projects/myProject/roles/myCompanyAdmin", "title": "My Company Admin", "description": "My custom role description.", "includedPermissions": [ "iam.roles.get", "iam.roles.list" ], "etag": "BwWox/JbaZw=" }Edit an existing custom role
A common pattern for updating a resource's metadata, such as a custom role, is the read-modify-write pattern. With this pattern, you read the role's current state, update the data locally, and then send the modified data for writing.
The read-modify-write pattern can cause a conflict if two or more independent processes attempt the sequence simultaneously. For example, if two owners for a project try to make conflicting changes to a role at the same time, some changes could fail. IAM solves this problem using an etag
property in custom roles. This property is used to verify if the custom role has changed since the last request. When you make a request to IAM with an etag value, IAM compares the etag value in the request with the existing etag value associated with the custom role. It writes the change only if the etag values match.
When you update a role, first get the role using roles.get()
, update the role, and then write the updated role using roles.patch()
. Use the etag value when setting the role only if the corresponding role in roles.get()
contains an etag value.
resourcemanager.organizations.get
, resourcemanager.folders.get
, and resourcemanager.projects.get
, the change to the custom role can require up to 24 hours to take effect for the organizations.search
and folders.search
Cloud Resource Manager APIs. The API projects.list
is also subject to this delay for API calls that do not provide a filter specifying a parent type and ID. This delay occurs because these permissions involve search functionality, and it can take up to 24 hours between rebuilds of the search index. Console
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Roles page.
Using the drop-down list at the top of the page, select the project or organization that contains the role that you want to edit.
Click a custom role.
Click Edit Role.
To update the role's metadata, edit the role's Title, Description, or Role launch stage.
To update the role's permissions, do the following:
Click Update to save the edited role.
In the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.
At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
Use the gcloud iam roles update
command to update custom roles. You can use this command in two ways:
By providing a YAML file that contains the updated role definition
By using flags to specify the updated role definition
When updating a custom role, you must specify whether it applies to the organization level or project level by using the --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID
or --project=PROJECT_ID
flags. Each example below creates a custom role at the project level.
To update a custom role using a YAML file:
Get the current definition for the role by executing one of the following commands:
To get the role definition of an organization-level custom role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles describe ROLE_ID --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID
To get the role definition of a project-level custom role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles describe ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role to update, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
The describe
command returns the role's definition and includes an etag
value that uniquely identifies the current version of the role. The etag
value should be provided in the updated role definition to ensure that any concurrent role changes are not overwritten.
The describe
command returns the following output:
description: ROLE_DESCRIPTION etag: ETAG includedPermissions: - PERMISSION_1 - PERMISSION_2 name: ROLE_NAME stage: LAUNCH_STAGE title: ROLE_TITLE
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_DESCRIPTION
is a short description of the role, such as "My custom role description"
.
ETAG
is the unique identifier for the current version of the role, such as BwVkBkbfr70=
.
PERMISSION_1
and PERMISSION_2
are permissions to include in the custom role, such as iam.roles.get
. You can't use wildcard characters (*
) in permission names.
ROLE_NAME
is the full role name, including any organizations/
, projects/
, or roles/
prefixes. For example, organizations/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin.
LAUNCH_STAGE
indicates the stage of a role in the launch lifecycle, such as ALPHA
, BETA
, or GA
.
ROLE_TITLE
is a friendly title for the role, such as "My Company Admin"
.
To update the role, either include the outputted role definition to a YAML file or update the original YAML file with the outputted etag
value.
Consider the following example YAML file, which contains the output from the describe
command for a project-level role and adds two Cloud Storage permissions:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBkbfr70= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list - storage.buckets.get - storage.buckets.list name: projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
Save the YAML file, and then execute one of the following commands:
To update an organization-level role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles update ROLE_ID--organization=ORGANIZATION_ID \ --file=YAML_FILE_PATH
To update a project-level role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles update ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID \ --file=YAML_FILE_PATH
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role to update, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project-id
.
YAML_FILE_PATH
is the path to the location of your YAML file that contains the updated custom role definition.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to update an organization-level role using a YAML file:
gcloud iam roles update ROLE_ID --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID \ --file=YAML_FILE_PATH
To update a project-level role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles update ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID \ --file=YAML_FILE_PATH
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role to update, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
YAML_FILE_PATH
is the path to the location of your YAML file that contains the updated custom role definition.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to update an organization-level role using a YAML file:
gcloud iam roles update myCompanyAdmin --organization=123456789012 \ --file=my-role-definition.yaml
If the role was updated successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBwDN0lg= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list - storage.buckets.get - storage.buckets.list name: organizations/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
The following example demonstrates how to update a project-level role using a YAML file:
gcloud iam roles update myCompanyAdmin --project=my-project \ --file=my-role-definition.yaml
If the role was updated successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBwDN0lg= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list - storage.buckets.get - storage.buckets.list name: projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
To update a custom role using flags:
Each part of a role definition can be updated using a corresponding flag. See the gcloud iam roles update
topic for a list of all possible flags.
You can use the following flags to add or remove permissions:
--add-permissions=PERMISSIONS
: Adds one or more comma-separated permissions to the role. You can't use wildcard characters (*
) in permission names.
--remove-permissions=PERMISSIONS
: Removes one or more comma-separated permissions from the role. You can't use wildcard characters (*
) in permission names.
Alternatively, you can simply specify the new permissions using the --permissions=PERMISSIONS
flag and providing a comma-separated list of permissions to replace the existing permissions list.
To update other parts of the role definition, execute one of the following commands:
To update an organization-level role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles update ROLE_ID--organization=ORGANIZATION_ID \ --title=ROLE_TITLE --description=ROLE_DESCRIPTION \ --stage=LAUNCH_STAGE
To update a project-level role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles update ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID \ --title=ROLE_TITLE --description=ROLE_DESCRIPTION \ --stage=LAUNCH_STAGE
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
ROLE_TITLE
is a friendly title for the role, such as "My Company Admin"
.
ROLE_DESCRIPTION
is a short description of the role, such as "My custom role description."
.
LAUNCH_STAGE
indicates the stage of a role in the launch lifecycle, such as ALPHA
, BETA
, or GA
.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to add permissions to an organization-level role using flags:
gcloud iam roles update myCompanyAdmin --organization=123456789012 \ --add-permissions="storage.buckets.get,storage.buckets.list"
If the role was updated successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBwDN0lg= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list - storage.buckets.get - storage.buckets.list name: organization/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
The following example demonstrates how to add permissions to a project-level role using flags:
gcloud iam roles update myCompanyAdmin --project=my-project \ --add-permissions="storage.buckets.get,storage.buckets.list"
If the role was updated successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkBwDN0lg= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list - storage.buckets.get - storage.buckets.list name: projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
C#To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
GoTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
JavaTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
PythonTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
RESTThe roles.patch
method updates a custom role in a project or organization.
Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:
Required:
RESOURCE_TYPE
: The resource type whose custom roles you want to manage. Use the value projects
or organizations
.RESOURCE_ID
: The project ID or organization ID whose custom roles you want to manage. Project IDs are alphanumeric strings, like my-project
. Organization IDs are numeric, like 123456789012
.ROLE_NAME
: The full role name, including any organizations/
, projects/
, or roles/
prefixes. For example, organizations/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin
.Recommended:
ETAG
: An identifier for a version of the role. Include this field to prevent overwriting other role changes.Optional (define one or more of the following values):
ROLE_TITLE
: The human-readable title for the role. For example, My Company Admin
.ROLE_DESCRIPTION
: A description for the role. For example, "The company admin role allows company admins to access important resources"
.PERMISSION_1
and PERMISSION_2
: The permissions that you want to include in the role. For example, storage.objects.update
. You can't use wildcard characters (*
) in permission names.LAUNCH_STAGE
: The current launch stage of the role. This field can contain one of the following values: EAP
, ALPHA
, BETA
, GA
, DEPRECATED
, or DISABLED
.HTTP method and URL:
PATCH https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles
Request JSON body:
{ "roleId": "ROLE_NAME", "title": "ROLE_TITLE", "description": "ROLE_DESCRIPTION", "includedPermissions": [ "PERMISSION_1", "PERMISSION_2" ], "stage": "LAUNCH-STAGE", "etag": "ETAG" }
To send your request, expand one of these options:
curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
, or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud
CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
curl -X PATCH \PowerShell (Windows) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
-d @request.json \
"https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles"
gcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
. You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
$cred = gcloud auth print-access-tokenAPIs Explorer (browser)
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method PATCH `
-Headers $headers `
-ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
-InFile request.json `
-Uri "https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles" | Select-Object -Expand Content
Copy the request body and open the method reference page. The APIs Explorer panel opens on the right side of the page. You can interact with this tool to send requests. Paste the request body in this tool, complete any other required fields, and click Execute.
The response contains an abbreviated role definition that includes the role name, the fields that you updated, and an etag that identifies the current version of the role.
{ "name": "projects/test-project-1000092/roles/myCompanyAdmin", "title": "My Updated Company Admin", "includedPermissions": [ "storage.buckets.get", "storage.buckets.list" ], "stage": "BETA", "etag": "BwWoyDpAxBc=" }Disable a custom role
You can disable a custom role by changing its launch stage to DISABLED
. When a role is disabled, any role bindings related to the role are inactivated, meaning that granting the role to a user has no effect.
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Roles page.
Click "Select a project" drop-down list at the top of the page.
Select your organization or project.
Select a custom role and click Disable.
In the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.
At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
Use the gcloud iam roles update
command to disable a custom role by setting its launch stage to DISABLED
.
As described in the gcloud tab of the Editing an existing custom role section, you can update an existing custom role in the following two ways:
By providing a YAML file that contains the updated role definition
By using flags to specify the updated role definition
The easiest way to disable an existing custom role is to use the --stage
flag and set it to DISABLED
. Execute one of the following commands:
To disable an organization-level role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles update ROLE_ID--organization=ORGANIZATION_ID \ --stage=DISABLED
To disable a project-level role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles update ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID \ --stage=DISABLED
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to disable an organization-level role:
gcloud iam roles update myCompanyAdmin --organization=123456789012 \ --stage=DISABLED
If the role was updated successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkB5NLIQw= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list name: organization/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: DISABLED title: My Company Admin
The following example demonstrates how to disable a project-level role:
gcloud iam roles update myCompanyAdmin --project=my-project \ --stage=DISABLED
If the role was updated successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkB5NLIQw= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list name: projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: DISABLED title: My Company Admin
Update the stage
field of the role to DISABLED
.
Update the stage
field of the role to DISABLED
.
Update the stage
field of the role to DISABLED
.
To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
PythonTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
RESTThe roles.patch
method lets you change a custom role's launch stage to DISABLED
, which disables the role.
Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:
RESOURCE_TYPE
: The resource type whose custom roles you want to manage. Use the value projects
or organizations
.RESOURCE_ID
: The project ID or organization ID whose custom roles you want to manage. Project IDs are alphanumeric strings, like my-project
. Organization IDs are numeric, like 123456789012
.ROLE_NAME
: The full role name, including any organizations/
, projects/
, or roles/
prefixes. For example, organizations/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin
.ETAG
: An identifier for a version of the role. Include this field to prevent overwriting other role changes.HTTP method and URL:
PATCH https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles
Request JSON body:
{ "roleId": "ROLE_NAME", "stage": DISABLED, "etag": "ETAG" }
To send your request, expand one of these options:
curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
, or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud
CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
curl -X PATCH \PowerShell (Windows) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
-d @request.json \
"https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles"
gcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
. You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
$cred = gcloud auth print-access-tokenAPIs Explorer (browser)
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method PATCH `
-Headers $headers `
-ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
-InFile request.json `
-Uri "https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles" | Select-Object -Expand Content
Copy the request body and open the method reference page. The APIs Explorer panel opens on the right side of the page. You can interact with this tool to send requests. Paste the request body in this tool, complete any other required fields, and click Execute.
You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:
{ "name": "projects/test-project-1000092/roles/myCompanyAdmin", "stage": "DISABLED", "etag": "BwWoyDpAxBc=" }List roles
You can list all custom roles created in your project or organization.
ConsoleIn the Google Cloud console, go to the Roles page.
All the custom roles for the organization or project that you have selected are listed on the page.
gcloudIn the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.
At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
Use the gcloud iam roles list
command to list custom roles and predefined roles for a project or organization:
To list organization-level custom roles, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles list --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID
To list project-level custom roles, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles list --project=PROJECT_ID
Each placeholder value is described below:
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
To list deleted roles, you can also specify the --show-deleted
flag.
Execute the following command to list predefined roles:
gcloud iam roles list
To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
C#To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
GoTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
JavaTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
PythonTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
RESTThe roles.list
method lists all of the custom roles in a project or organization.
Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:
RESOURCE_TYPE
: The resource type whose custom roles you want to manage. Use the value projects
or organizations
.RESOURCE_ID
: The project ID or organization ID whose custom roles you want to manage. Project IDs are alphanumeric strings, like my-project
. Organization IDs are numeric, like 123456789012
.ROLE_VIEW
: Optional. The information to include for the returned roles. To include the roles' permissions, set this field to FULL
. To exclude the roles' permissions, set this field to BASIC
. The default value is BASIC
.PAGE_SIZE
: Optional. The number of roles to include in the response. The default value is 300, and the maximum value is 1,000. If the number of roles is greater than the page size, the response contains a pagination token that you can use to retrieve the next page of results.NEXT_PAGE_TOKEN
: Optional. The pagination token returned in an earlier response from this method. If specified, the list of roles will start where the previous request ended.RESOURCE_TYPE
and RESOURCE_ID
fields. For example: GET https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/roles
.
HTTP method and URL:
GET https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles?view=ROLE_VIEW&pageSize=PAGE_SIZE&pageToken=NEXT_PAGE_TOKEN
To send your request, expand one of these options:
curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
, or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud
CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Execute the following command:
curl -X GET \PowerShell (Windows) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
"https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles?view=ROLE_VIEW&pageSize=PAGE_SIZE&pageToken=NEXT_PAGE_TOKEN"
gcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
. You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Execute the following command:
$cred = gcloud auth print-access-tokenAPIs Explorer (browser)
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method GET `
-Headers $headers `
-Uri "https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/RESOURCE_TYPE/RESOURCE_ID/roles?view=ROLE_VIEW&pageSize=PAGE_SIZE&pageToken=NEXT_PAGE_TOKEN" | Select-Object -Expand Content
Open the method reference page. The APIs Explorer panel opens on the right side of the page. You can interact with this tool to send requests. Complete any required fields and click Execute.
You should receive a JSON response similar to the following:
{ "roles": [ { "name": "projects/my-project/roles/customRole1", "title": "First Custom Role", "description": "Created on: 2020-06-01", "etag": "BwWiPg2fmDE=" }, { "name": "projects/my-project/roles/customRole2", "title": "Second Custom Role", "description": "Created on: 2020-06-07", "etag": "BwWiuX53Wi0=" } ] }Delete a custom role
You can delete any custom role in your project or organization.
Important: Deleted roles are suspended and cannot be used to create new role bindings in allow policies. Existing role bindings that include the deleted role have no effect. ConsoleIn the Google Cloud console, go to the Roles page.
Select the role you wish to delete and click delete Delete on the top of the page.
In the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.
At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
Use the gcloud iam roles delete
command to delete a custom role:
To delete an organization-level custom role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles delete ROLE_ID --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID
To delete a project-level custom role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles delete ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
The role will not be included in gcloud iam roles list
, unless the --show-deleted
flag is included. Deleted roles are indicated by the deleted: true
block in a list
response, such as:
--- deleted: true description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkB5NLIQw= name: projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin title: My Company Admin ---
To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
C#To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
GoTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
JavaTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
PythonTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
RESTThe roles.delete
method deletes a custom role in a project or organization.
Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:
ROLE_NAME
: The full role name, including any organizations/
, projects/
, or roles/
prefixes. For example, organizations/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin
.HTTP method and URL:
DELETE https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/ROLE_NAME
To send your request, expand one of these options:
curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
, or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud
CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Execute the following command:
curl -X DELETE \PowerShell (Windows) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
"https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/ROLE_NAME"
gcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
. You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Execute the following command:
$cred = gcloud auth print-access-tokenAPIs Explorer (browser)
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method DELETE `
-Headers $headers `
-Uri "https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/ROLE_NAME" | Select-Object -Expand Content
Open the method reference page. The APIs Explorer panel opens on the right side of the page. You can interact with this tool to send requests. Complete any required fields and click Execute.
The response contains the definition of the role that was deleted.
{ "name": "projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin", "title": "My Company Admin", "description": "My custom role description.", "includedPermissions": [ "iam.roles.get", "iam.roles.list" ], "etag": "BwWiPg2fmDE=", "deleted": true }
When a role is deleted, any role bindings that refer to the role remain in your allow policies, but they have no effect. You can undelete a role within 7 days. During this 7-day period, the Google Cloud console shows that the role was deleted. You can also list deleted roles programmatically, but they are omitted by default.
After 7 to 14 days, the role is scheduled for permanent deletion. At this point, the role no longer counts towards the limit of 300 custom roles per organization or 300 custom roles per project.
Note: Custom roles created in a project do not count towards your organization's custom role limit.The permanent deletion process takes 30 days. During the 30-day window, the role and all associated bindings are permanently removed, and you cannot create a new role with the same role ID.
After the role has been permanently deleted, up to 44 days after the initial deletion request, you can create a new role using the same role ID.
Undelete a custom roleUndeleting a role returns it to its previous state.
Roles can only be undeleted within 7 days. After 7 days, the role can be permanently deleted at any time, and all role bindings that refer to the role are removed.
ConsoleIn the Google Cloud console, go to the Roles page.
Locate the role you wish to undelete, click the more icon at the end of the row, and click Undelete.
In the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.
At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
Use the gcloud iam roles undelete
command to undelete a custom role:
To undelete an organization-level custom role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles undelete ROLE_ID --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID
To undelete a project-level custom role, execute the following command:
gcloud iam roles undelete ROLE_ID --project=PROJECT_ID
Each placeholder value is described below:
ROLE_ID
is the name of the role, such as myCompanyAdmin
.
ORGANIZATION_ID
is the numeric ID of the organization, such as 123456789012
.
PROJECT_ID
is the name of the project, such as my-project
.
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to undelete an organization-level custom role:
gcloud iam roles undelete myCompanyAdmin --organization=123456789012
If the role was undeleted successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkCAx9W6w= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list name: organization/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
The following example demonstrates how to undelete a project-level custom role:
gcloud iam roles undelete myCompanyAdmin --project=my-project
If the role was undeleted successfully, the command's output is similar to the following:
description: My custom role description. etag: BwVkCAx9W6w= includedPermissions: - iam.roles.get - iam.roles.list name: projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin stage: ALPHA title: My Company Admin
To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
C#To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
GoTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
JavaTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
PythonTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.
To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Before you begin.
RESTThe roles.undelete
method undeletes a custom role in a project or organization.
Before using any of the request data, make the following replacements:
ROLE_NAME
: The full role name, including any organizations/
, projects/
, or roles/
prefixes. For example, organizations/123456789012/roles/myCompanyAdmin
.ETAG
: An identifier for a version of the role. Include this field to prevent overwriting other role changes.HTTP method and URL:
POST https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/ROLE_NAME:undelete
Request JSON body:
{ "etag": "ETAG" }
To send your request, expand one of these options:
curl (Linux, macOS, or Cloud Shell) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to thegcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
, or by using Cloud Shell, which automatically logs you into the gcloud
CLI . You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
curl -X POST \PowerShell (Windows) Note: The following command assumes that you have logged in to the
-H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
-d @request.json \
"https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/ROLE_NAME:undelete"
gcloud
CLI with your user account by running gcloud init
or gcloud auth login
. You can check the currently active account by running gcloud auth list
.
Save the request body in a file named request.json
, and execute the following command:
$cred = gcloud auth print-access-tokenAPIs Explorer (browser)
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer $cred" }Invoke-WebRequest `
-Method POST `
-Headers $headers `
-ContentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" `
-InFile request.json `
-Uri "https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/ROLE_NAME:undelete" | Select-Object -Expand Content
Copy the request body and open the method reference page. The APIs Explorer panel opens on the right side of the page. You can interact with this tool to send requests. Paste the request body in this tool, complete any other required fields, and click Execute.
The response contains the definition of the role that was undeleted.
{ "name": "projects/my-project/roles/myCompanyAdmin", "title": "My Company Admin", "description": "My custom role description.", "includedPermissions": [ "iam.roles.get", "iam.roles.list" ], "etag": "BwWiPg2fmDE=" }What's next
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Last updated 2025-07-02 UTC.
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