gcloud alpha iam service-accounts create

NAME
gcloud alpha iam service-accounts create - create a service account for a project
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha iam service-accounts createNAME[--description=DESCRIPTION][--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) This command creates a service account with the providedname. For subsequent commands regarding service accounts, this service accountshould be referred to by the email account in the response.
EXAMPLES
To create a service account for your project, run:
gcloudalphaiamservice-accountscreatesome-account-name--display-name="My Service Account"

To work with this service account in subsequent IAM commands, use the emailresulting from this call as the IAM_ACCOUNT argument.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
NAME
The internal name of the new service account. Used to generate an IAM_ACCOUNT(an IAM internal email address used as an identifier of service account), whichmust be passed to subsequent commands.
FLAGS
--description=DESCRIPTION
A textual description for the account.
--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME
A textual name to display for the account.
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.

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-accountscreate
gcloudbetaiamservice-accountscreate

Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under theApache 2.0 License. For details, see theGoogle Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.