Required permissions

This page explains the permissions required for creating and managing a Databricks workspace on Google Cloud.

On Google Cloud, each workspace runs inside a customer-owned workspace project. Databricks creates and owns a per-workspace service account with the minimal permissions needed to manage the workspace. Databricks uses the credentials of the workspace creator to grant permissions to the service account on the workspace project. A Databricks account admin must have the required permissions on the workspace project to successfully create a workspace.

Required permissions for the workspace creator

Databricks uses the credentials of the workspace creator to validate settings, grant permissions, enable required services, and provision the workspace. During this process, Databricks requires the following permissions on the workspace project and the network project.

Google permission	Purpose	Use case
iam.roles.create	Create the custom role.	Create and manage a custom role for granting permissions to the workspace’s service account.
iam.roles.delete	Delete the custom role.	Create and manage a custom role for granting permissions to the workspace’s service account.
iam.roles.get	Get the custom role.	Create and manage a custom role for granting permissions to the workspace’s service account.
iam.roles.update	Update the custom role.	Create and manage a custom role for granting permissions to the workspace’s service account.
iam.serviceAccounts.getIamPolicy	Get IAM policy.	Grant workspace service account the Service Account User role on Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) service account for launching GKE clusters.
iam.serviceAccounts.setIamPolicy	Set IAM policy.	Grant workspace service account the Service Account User role on Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) service account for launching GKE clusters.
resourcemanager.projects.get	Get a project number from its project ID.	Get basic information about the workspace project.
resourcemanager.projects.getIamPolicy	Get IAM policy.	Get basic information about the workspace project.
resourcemanager.projects.setIamPolicy	Set IAM policy.	Get basic information about the workspace project.
serviceusage.services.get	Validate whether the customer project has enabled the required Google Cloud APIs.	Enable Google Cloud services needed for Databricks workloads.
serviceusage.services.list	Validate whether the customer project has enabled the required Google Cloud APIs.	Enable Google Cloud services needed for Databricks workloads.
serviceusage.services.enable	Enable the required Google Cloud APIs on the project if they are not already enabled.	Enable Google Cloud services needed for Databricks workloads.
compute.networks.get	Validate the existence of a VPC network.	Validate network resources for the customer-provided VPC network, which might belong to a project other than the workspace project.
compute.projects.get	Get the host project of a VPC network.	Validate network resources for the customer-provided VPC network, which might belong to a project other than the workspace project.
compute.subnetworks.get	Validate subnets of a VPC network.	Validate network resources for the customer-provided VPC network, which might belong to a project other than the workspace project.
compute.forwardingRules.get	List forwarding rules for Private Service Connect.	Required if you enable Private Service Connect.
compute.forwardingRules.list	Get forwarding rules for Private Service Connect.	Required if you enable Private Service Connect.

Required permissions for the workspace service account

The workspace service account requires permissions in the following IAM roles on the workspace project in order to operate and manage a workspace:

• GKE Admin Role: This is required to operate and manage customer workloads running on GKE.

• GCE Storage Admin Role: This is required to operate and manage Google Compute Engine (GCE) persistent storages associated with GKE nodes.

• Databricks Workspace Role: A per-workspace custom role for granting additional permissions needed to manage a workspace.

Permission	Purpose	Use case
compute.globalOperations.get	Get operation data for visibility into GCE operations during GCE outages.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.instanceGroups.get	Get instance groups for GCE troubleshooting. Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.instanceGroups.list	List instance groups for GCE troubleshooting. Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.instances.get	Get compute instances. Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.instances.list	List compute instances for GCE troubleshooting. Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.instances.setLabels	Set compute instance labels. Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.disks.get	Get disks. Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.disks.setLabels	Set disk labels. Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.access	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.create	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.delete	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.get	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.getEffectiveFirewalls	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.update	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.updatePolicy	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.use	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.networks.useExternalIp	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.regionOperations.get	Get region operations for visibility into Google Compute Engine (GCE) operations during GCE outages.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.routers.create	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.routers.delete	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.routers.get	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.routers.update	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.routers.use	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.create	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.delete	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.expandIpCidrRange	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.get	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.getIamPolicy	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.setIamPolicy	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.setPrivateIpGoogleAccess	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.update	Manage network resources. If you use a customer-managed VPC, this permission is not in the custom role that Databricks grants to the service account.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.use	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
compute.subnetworks.useExternalIp	Manage network resources.	Manage Google Cloud Compute Engine (GCE) resources to run workloads.
container.clusterRoleBindings.create	Create cluster role bindings.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusterRoleBindings.get	Get cluster role bindings.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusterRoles.bind	Bind cluster role bindings.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusterRoles.create	Create cluster roles.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusterRoles.get	Get cluster roles.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusters.create	Create cluster roles.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusters.delete	Delete cluster roles.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusters.get	Get clusters.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusters.getCredentials	Get cluster credentials.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusters.list	List clusters.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.clusters.update	Update clusters.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.configMaps.create	Create configMaps.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.configMaps.get	Get configMaps.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.configMaps.update	Update configMaps.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.customResourceDefinitions.create	Create custom resource definitions.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.customResourceDefinitions.get	Get custom resource definitions.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.customResourceDefinitions.update	Update custom resource definitions.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.daemonSets.create	Create daemon sets.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.daemonSets.get	Get daemon sets.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.daemonSets.update	Update daemon sets.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.deployments.create	Create deployments.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.deployments.get	Get deployments.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.deployments.update	Update deployments.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.jobs.create	Create job.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.jobs.get	Get job.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.jobs.update	Update job.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.namespaces.create	Create namespace.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.namespaces.get	Get namespace.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.namespaces.list	List namespaces.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.operations.get	Get operations.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.pods.get	Get pods.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.pods.getLogs	Get pod logs.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.pods.list	List pods.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.roleBindings.create	Create role bindings.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.roleBindings.get	Get role bindings.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.roles.bind	Bind roles.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.roles.create	Create roles.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.roles.get	Get roles.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.secrets.create	Create secret.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.secrets.get	Get a secret.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.secrets.update	Update a secret.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.serviceAccounts.create	Create a service account.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.serviceAccounts.get	Get a service account.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.services.create	Create a service.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.services.get	Get a service.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.thirdPartyObjects.create	Create a third-party object.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.thirdPartyObjects.delete	Delete a third-party object.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.thirdPartyObjects.get	Get a third-party object.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.thirdPartyObjects.list	List third-party objects.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
container.thirdPartyObjects.update	Update a third-party object.	Manage GKE clusters to run Databricks workloads.
iam.serviceAccounts.getIamPolicy	Inspect service accounts or bind them to a cluster.	Configure GKE Workload Identity for a cluster’s service account to access your data.
iam.serviceAccounts.setIamPolicy	Inspect service accounts or bind them to a cluster.	Configure GKE Workload Identity for a cluster’s service account to access your data.
resourcemanager.projects.get	Convert customer project ID to a project number.	Validate the project status, such as whether the project is live and whether the workspace service account has enough permissions.
resourcemanager.projects.getIamPolicy	Check if the project IAM policy is correctly configured.	Validate the project status, such as whether the project is live and whether the workspace service account has enough permissions.
storage.buckets.create	Create a bucket.	This is required to create and manage GCS buckets for DBFS.
storage.buckets.delete	Delete a bucket.	This is required to create and manage GCS buckets for DBFS.
storage.buckets.get	Get a bucket.	This is required to create and manage GCS buckets for DBFS.
storage.buckets.getIamPolicy	Get storage IAM policy.	This is required to create and manage GCS buckets for DBFS.
storage.buckets.list	List buckets.	This is required to create and manage GCS buckets for DBFS.
storage.buckets.setIamPolicy	Set storage IAM policy.	This is required to create and manage GCS buckets for DBFS.
storage.buckets.update	Update storage IAM policy.	This is required to create and manage GCS buckets for DBFS.
storage.objects.create	Create a storage object.	Read and write DBFS objects.
storage.objects.delete	Delete storage object.	Read and write DBFS objects.
storage.objects.get	Get a storage object.	Read and write DBFS objects.
storage.objects.list	List storage objects.	Read and write DBFS objects.
storage.objects.update	Update a storage object.	Read and write DBFS objects.