Cloud SQL Postgres Flag: cloudsql.iam_authentication?

Question

I poked around in the list of Flags that can be used in Postgres in Cloud SQL and I came across this little gem that is in Beta currently: cloudsql.iam_authentication.

I don't see any documentation for it yet, but I wonder if this will let Cloud SQL integrate with IAM similar to what AWS has available for RDS. Even better would be if it could integrate with IAM Groups!

Any one have any information or documentation about this?

Answer 1

Yes I think this new feature is great :D!

Also there are docs for this new feature:

• Creating and managing users that use IAM database authentication
• Logging in to a database with IAM database authentication

And also this is very similar to what is in AWS for now. Although this feature is only in PostgreSQL, hope this feature expands to MySQL and SQLServer.