- INFORMATION
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gcloud compute snapshots test-iam-permissionsis supported in universe domainuniverse; however, some of the values used in the help text may not be available. Command examples may not work as-is and may requires changes before execution. - NAME
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- gcloud compute snapshots test-iam-permissions - test IAM permissions for a Compute Engine standard or archive snapshot
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute snapshots test-iam-permissionsSNAPSHOT_NAME--permissions=[PERMISSION,…] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute snapshots test-iam-permissionstests the IAM permissions that a caller has on a Compute Engine standard or archive snapshot. - EXAMPLES
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To test if the caller has the
compute.snapshots.getpermission on a snapshotmy-snapshot, run:gcloud compute snapshots test-iam-permissions my-snapshot --permissions=compute.snapshots.get - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Snapshot resource - The snapshot for which to test permissions. This represents
a Cloud 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
snapshot_nameon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
SNAPSHOT_NAME-
ID of the snapshot or fully qualified identifier for the snapshot.
To set the
snapshot_nameattribute:-
provide the argument
snapshot_nameon the command line.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Snapshot resource - The snapshot for which to test permissions. This represents
a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group
but can be set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--permissions=[PERMISSION,…]- The permissions to test.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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
compute/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ - NOTES
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These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute snapshots test-iam-permissionsgcloud beta compute snapshots test-iam-permissionsgcloud preview compute snapshots test-iam-permissions
gcloud compute snapshots test-iam-permissions
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Last updated 2026-07-28 UTC.
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