gcloud iam workload-identity-pools set-iam-policy

NAME

gcloud iam workload-identity-pools set-iam-policy - set the IAM policy for a workload identity pool

SYNOPSIS

gcloud iam workload-identity-pools set-iam-policy (WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_POOL : --location=LOCATION) POLICY_FILE [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Replaces the existing IAM policy for a workload identity pool given a workload identity pool ID and a file encoded in JSON or YAML that contains the IAM policy.

EXAMPLES

The following command reads an IAM policy defined in a JSON file policy.json and sets it for the workload identity pool with ID my-workload-identity-pool:

gcloud iam workload-identity-pools set-iam-policy my-workload-identity-pool policy.json --location="global"

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Workload identity pool resource - The workload identity pool for which you want to set IAM policy for. 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 project attribute:

provide the argument workload_identity_pool on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --project on the command line;
set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_POOL

ID of the workload identity pool or fully qualified identifier for the workload identity pool.

To set the workload_identity_pool attribute:

provide the argument workload_identity_pool on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--location=LOCATION

The location name. To set the location attribute:

provide the argument workload_identity_pool on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --location on the command line.

POLICY_FILE

Path to a local JSON or YAML formatted file containing a valid policy. The output of the get-iam-policy command is a valid file, as is any JSON or YAML file conforming to the structure of a Policy.

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 help for details.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the iam/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/iam/

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.