Set up multi-tenancy in Identity Platform

This quickstart shows you how to enable multi-tenancy in Identity Platform and create and select new tenants using the Google Cloud console.

To learn more about multi-tenancy in Identity Platform, see multi-tenancy.

To follow step-by-step guidance for this task directly in the Google Cloud console, click Guide me:

Guide me

Before you begin

  1. Sign in to your Google Cloud account. If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.

  2. In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

    Roles required to select or create a project

    • Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
    • Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains the resourcemanager.projects.create permission. Learn how to grant roles.

    Go to project selector

  3. Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

  4. In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

    Roles required to select or create a project

    • Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
    • Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains the resourcemanager.projects.create permission. Learn how to grant roles.

    Go to project selector

  5. Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

Enable multi-tenancy

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Identity Platform > Settings page.
    Go to Settings

  2. Click the Security tab.

  3. In the Multi-tenancy section, click Allow tenants.

This enables multi-tenancy and opens the Tenants page.

You are now ready to create your first tenant.

Create a tenant

  1. In the Tenants page, click Add tenant.

  2. In the Name field, enter a name for the tenant. This does not need to be unique; Identity Platform automatically assigns a distinct ID.

  3. Click Save.

Congratulations! You've created an Identity Platform tenant.

Select a tenant

In the Settings page, select your tenant from the Scope to a tenant list.

Each tenant has its own providers and users. After you've selected a tenant, you can manage it the same way you manage a non-tenant Identity Platform project.

Disable multi-tenancy

To disable multi-tenancy, use the Identity Toolkit API.

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