topic Re: Get resource permissions using terraform in Administration & Architecture

Get resource permissions using terraform

fkseki — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:13:29 GMT

Is there a way to retrieve resources (cluster, job, volume, catalog and all other objects) permissions?

On terraform docs there's a resource databricks_permissions but I didn't find a data source databricks_permissions, grants ou similar.

How can I get current resource permissions so I can "append" a new permission to the resource?

Regards,

Re: Get resource permissions using terraform

fkseki — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:32:59 GMT

Adding some info, I understand that the "import" functionality is not the way to go because I couldn't use it's return to add or remove principals to the resource's permission

Re: Get resource permissions using terraform

Ashwin_DSA — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:59:46 GMT

Hi @fkseki,

There isn’t a data "databricks_permissions" (or similar) in the Databricks Terraform, only the databricks_permissions resource, and that resource is authoritative for the full ACL of the object. That means Terraform can’t read the current permissions and append another during a plan.

Your options are to make Terraform the source of truth by using the Permissions API / Databricks CLI (or the Terraform exporter) once to pull the current ACL for the object and turn that into a databricks_permissions resource. You can then, whenever you want to append a permission, add another access_control block to that resource and terraform apply. Terraform manages the entire ACL declaratively.

Alternatively, you can manage ACLs outside Terraform by skipping databricks_permissions for that object and instead call the Permissions API or CLI directly (e.g., using PATCH where supported) to add/remove principals.

Hope this helps.

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Re: Get resource permissions using terraform

fkseki — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:47:08 GMT

Hi Ashwin, thanks for the reply

Is it on the roadmap to have a "data databricks_permission" in the future?

We are using terraform to provide the users a self service platform so they can create resources (clusters, volumes, external location, connections, etc) in a controled way using only terraform and this would be essential for a good user experience.

Regards