- NAME
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- gcloud bigtable backups set-iam-policy - set an IAM policy on a Cloud Bigtable Backup
 
 - SYNOPSIS
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- 
gcloud bigtable backups set-iam-policy(BACKUP:--cluster=CLUSTER--instance=INSTANCE)POLICY_FILE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …] 
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 - DESCRIPTION
 - Set an IAM policy on a Cloud Bigtable Backup.
 - EXAMPLES
 - 
To set the IAM policy from file 
my-policyon the backupmy-backupin instancemy-instanceand clustermy-cluster, run:gcloud bigtable backups set-iam-policy my-backup --instance=`my-instance` --cluster=`my-cluster` my-policySee https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-policies for more information.
 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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- 
Backup resource - Cloud Bigtable Backup to set the IAM policy on. The arguments
in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE)
Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other
ways.
To set the
projectattribute:- 
provide the argument 
backupon the command line with a fully specified name; - 
provide the argument 
--projecton the command line; - 
set the property 
core/project. 
This must be specified.
BACKUP- 
ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.
To set the
backupattribute:- 
provide the argument 
backupon the command line. 
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument 
 --cluster=CLUSTER- 
Name of the Bigtable cluster.
To set the
clusterattribute:- 
provide the argument 
backupon the command line with a fully specified name; - 
provide the argument 
--clusteron the command line. 
 - 
provide the argument 
 --instance=INSTANCE- 
Name of the Bigtable instance.
To set the
instanceattribute:- 
provide the argument 
backupon the command line with a fully specified name; - 
provide the argument 
--instanceon the command line. 
 - 
provide the argument 
 
 - 
provide the argument 
 POLICY_FILE- 
Path to a local JSON or YAML formatted file containing a valid policy.
The output of the
get-iam-policycommand is a valid file, as is any JSON or YAML file conforming to the structure of a Policy. 
 - 
Backup resource - Cloud Bigtable Backup to set the IAM policy on. The arguments
in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE)
Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other
ways.
 - GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
 - 
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. - API REFERENCE
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This command uses the 
bigtableadmin/v2API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/ - NOTES
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha bigtable backups set-iam-policygcloud beta bigtable backups set-iam-policy 
      gcloud bigtable backups set-iam-policy
  
  
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Last updated 2025-07-15 UTC.