Grant access to other users

This page describes how to grant a Google Cloud user account or service account access to AlloyDB resources in a project.

Depending on the scope of control you want the account to have, you grant it one of these predefined IAM roles:

  • roles/alloydb.admin (Cloud AlloyDB Admin) to grant full control for all AlloyDB resources
  • roles/alloydb.client (Cloud AlloyDB Client) to grant connectivity access to AlloyDB instances from clients connecting with the AlloyDB Auth proxy
  • roles/alloydb.databaseUser (Cloud AlloyDB Database User) to grant database-user authentication to AlloyDB instances
  • roles/alloydb.viewer (Cloud AlloyDB Viewer) to grant read-only access to all AlloyDB resources

For detailed information about the specific IAM permissions these roles provide, see Predefined AlloyDB IAM roles.

Before you begin

  • The Google Cloud project you are using must have been enabled to access AlloyDB.
  • You must have the roles/owner (Owner) basic IAM role in the Google Cloud project you are using, or a role that grants these permissions:
    • resourcemanager.projects.get
    • resourcemanager.projects.getIamPolicy
    • resourcemanager.projects.setIamPolicy

    To gain these permissions while following the principle of least privilege, ask your administrator to grant you the roles/resourcemanager.projectIamAdmin (Project IAM Admin) role.

  • Enable the Resource Manager API in the Google Cloud project you are using.

    Enable the API

Procedure

Console

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the IAM page.

    Go to IAM

  2. Select the project enabled to access AlloyDB.
  3. Select a principal (user or service account) to grant access to:
    • To grant a role to a principal who already has other roles on the project, find the row containing the principal's email address, click Edit principal in that row, and click Add another role.
    • To grant a role to a principal who does not already have other roles on the project, click Add, then enter the principal's email address.
  4. From the drop-down list, select one of these roles:
    • Cloud AlloyDB Admin
    • Cloud AlloyDB Viewer
    • Cloud AlloyDB Client
    • Cloud AlloyDB Database User
  5. Click Save. The principal is granted the role.

gcloud

To use the gcloud CLI, you can install and initialize the Google Cloud CLI, or you can use Cloud Shell.

Use the add-iam-policy-binding command to grant an AlloyDB predefined role to an IAM principal (user account or service account).

gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID \
    --member=PRINCIPAL \
    --role=ALLOYDB_ROLE
  • PROJECT_ID: The ID of the project enabled to access AlloyDB.
  • PRINCIPAL: The type and email ID (email address) of the principal:
    • For user accounts: user:EMAIL_ID
    • For service accounts: serviceAccount:EMAIL_ID

  • ALLOYDB_ROLE: The role you want to grant the principal. The value must be one of the following:

    • roles/alloydb.admin
    • roles/alloydb.viewer
    • roles/alloydb.client
    • roles/alloydb.databaseUser

    For details about the permissions these roles grant, see Predefined AlloyDB IAM roles.