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Identity IAM roles

Curated roles

The following table describes Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles that are associated with Identity, and lists the permissions that are contained in each role.

RoleDescriptionPermissions
roles/identity.settingsAdminAdministrator of user settings.
  • identity.users.getSettings
  • identity.users.updateSettings
roles/identity.adminFull access to users and groups.
  • identity.users.get
  • identity.users.list
  • identity.users.create
  • identity.users.update
  • identity.users.delete
  • identity.users.getIamPolicy
  • identity.users.setIamPolicy
  • identity.groups.get
  • identity.groups.list
  • identity.groups.create
  • identity.groups.update
  • identity.groups.delete
  • identity.groups.getIamPolicy
  • identity.groups.setIamPolicy
roles/identity.editorEdit access to users and groups.
  • identity.users.get
  • identity.users.list
  • identity.users.create
  • identity.users.update
  • identity.users.getIamPolicy
  • identity.groups.get
  • identity.groups.list
  • identity.groups.create
  • identity.groups.update
  • identity.groups.getIamPolicy
roles/identity.viewerView access to users and groups.
  • identity.users.get
  • identity.users.list
  • identity.users.getIamPolicy
  • identity.groups.get
  • identity.groups.list
  • identity.groups.getIamPolicy

For a reference describing the IAM permissions contained in each IAM role, refer to Identity IAM Permissions.