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- NAME
- gcloud alpha iam service-accounts - create and manipulate service accounts
- SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha iam service-accountsGROUP|COMMAND[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
- DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)Create and manipulate IAM service accounts. A serviceaccount is a special Google account that belongs to your application or a VM,instead of to an individual end user. Your application uses the service accountto call the Google API of a service, so that the users aren't directly involved.Note: Service accounts use client quotas for tracking usage.
More information on service accounts can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--help.Run
$gcloud helpfor details. - GROUPS
is one of the following:GROUP- COMMANDS
is one of the following:COMMANDadd-iam-policy-binding(ALPHA)Add an IAM policy binding to an IAM service account.create(ALPHA)Create a service account for a project.delete(ALPHA)Delete a service account from a project.describe(ALPHA)Show metadata for a service account from a project.disable(ALPHA)Disable an IAM service account.enable(ALPHA)Enable an IAM service account.get-iam-policy(ALPHA)Get the IAM policy for a service account.list(ALPHA)List all of a project's service accounts.remove-iam-policy-binding(ALPHA)Remove IAM policy binding from a service account.set-iam-policy(ALPHA)Set IAM policy for a service account.sign-blob(ALPHA)Sign a blob with a managed service account key.sign-jwt(ALPHA)Sign a JWT with a managed service account key.undelete(ALPHA)Undelete a service account for a project.update(ALPHA)Update an IAM service account.
- NOTES
- This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudiamservice-accountsgcloudbetaiamservice-accounts
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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.