PCSE Practice Question: Configuring Access Within a Cloud Solution Environment
A developer needs to create a custom IAM role that allows only a specific set of permissions for managing Cloud SQL instances. The role should be available at the organization level. Which command should they use?
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gcloud iam roles create ROLE_ID --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID --file=role.yaml
Custom roles can be created at the organization level using the 'gcloud iam roles create' command with the '--organization' flag (or '--org' for short). The role is defined in a YAML file that specifies the permissions. The 'gcloud organizations add-iam-policy-binding' is used to assign roles, not create them. The 'gcloud iam service-accounts create' is for service accounts. The 'gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding' is for project-level IAM bindings.
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gcloud iam roles create ROLE_ID --organization=ORGANIZATION_ID --file=role.yaml
Why this is correct
This command creates a custom role at the organization level using a YAML file with permissions defined.
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gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member=... --role=...
Why it's wrong here
This adds an IAM policy binding at the project level, not create a custom role.
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gcloud iam service-accounts create SA_NAME --display-name=...
Why it's wrong here
This creates a service account, not a custom role.
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gcloud organizations add-iam-policy-binding ORGANIZATION_ID --member=... --role=...
Why it's wrong here
This command adds an IAM policy binding, not create a custom role.
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