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This page describes the Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles and permissions needed for
setting up a Secure Web Proxy instance.
You can grant users or service accounts permissions or a predefined role, or
you can create a custom role that uses permissions that you specify. The
following table describes the IAM predefined roles and their
associated permissions.
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