gcloud alpha edge-cloud service-accounts create

NAME
gcloud alpha edge-cloud service-accounts create - creates a Service Account on a Google Distributed Cloud zone
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha edge-cloud service-accounts create(SERVICE_ACCOUNT :--location=LOCATION)--zone=ZONE[--async][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Creates a Service Account on a Google Distributed Cloudzone.
EXAMPLES
To create a Service Account calledsample-service-account inprojectsample-project and locationus-central1 andzonesample-zone, run:
gcloudalphaedge-cloudservice-accountscreatesample-service-account--location=us-central1--project=sample-project--zone=sample-zone
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Service Account resource - Google Distributed Cloud Service Account Thearguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set inother ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentservice_account on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

SERVICE_ACCOUNT
ID of the Service Account or fully qualified identifier for the Service Account.

To set theservice_account attribute:

  • provide the argumentservice_account on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--location=LOCATION
The location name.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argumentservice_account on the command line with afully specified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--zone=ZONE
Google Distributed Cloud zone name.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE
This command uses theedgecontainer/v1alpha API. The fulldocumentation for this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/edge-cloud
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.

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Last updated 2026-02-10 UTC.