Method: projects.locations.instances.setIamPolicy

Sets the access control policy on the specified resource. Replaces any existing policy.

Can return NOT_FOUND, INVALID_ARGUMENT, and PERMISSION_DENIED errors.

HTTP request

POST https://securesourcemanager.googleapis.com/v1/{resource=projects/*/locations/*/instances/*}:setIamPolicy

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
resource

string

REQUIRED: The resource for which the policy is being specified. See Resource names for the appropriate value for this field.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "policy": {
    object (Policy)
  },
  "updateMask": string
}
Fields
policy

object (Policy)

REQUIRED: The complete policy to be applied to the resource. The size of the policy is limited to a few 10s of KB. An empty policy is a valid policy but certain Google Cloud services (such as Projects) might reject them.
updateMask

string (FieldMask format)

OPTIONAL: A FieldMask specifying which fields of the policy to modify. Only the fields in the mask will be modified. If no mask is provided, the following default mask is used:

paths: "bindings, etag"

This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: "user.displayName,photo".

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of Policy.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

Requires the following IAM permission on the resource resource:

  • securesourcemanager.instances.setIamPolicy

For more information, see the IAM documentation.