AlloyDB for PostgreSQL: IAM group auth in preview
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL now offers IAM group authentication in preview for new clusters running PostgreSQL 15+. This feature simplifies user management by enabling access control at the group level, allowing group members to inherit database roles. It requires enabling specific database flags and is available for new clusters.
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- AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Note: IAM group authentication is available in Preview for new AlloyDB clusters. To enable this feature on an existing cluster, contact your Google Cloud account team. IAM group authentication for AlloyDB is available in Preview for new clusters running PostgreSQL 15 and later. This feature simplifies database user management by allowing access management at the group level, where group members inherit database roles and permissions. To use this feature, enable the alloydb.iam_authentication and alloydb.iam_group_authentication database flags. For more information, see IAM group authentication
https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes#July_28_2026
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