gcloud iam service-accounts keys create

NAME
gcloud iam service-accounts keys create - create a service account key
SYNOPSIS
gcloud iam service-accounts keys createOUTPUT-FILE--iam-account=IAM_ACCOUNT[--key-file-type=KEY_FILE_TYPE; default="json"][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
If the service account does not exist, this command returns aPERMISSION_DENIED error.
EXAMPLES
To create a new service account key and save the private portion of the keylocally, run:
gcloudiamservice-accountskeyscreatekey.json--iam-account=my-iam-account@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
OUTPUT-FILE
The path where the resulting private key should be written. File system writepermission will be checked on the specified path prior to the key creation.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--iam-account=IAM_ACCOUNT
The service account for which to create a key.

To list all service accounts in the project, run:

gcloudiamservice-accountslist
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--key-file-type=KEY_FILE_TYPE; default="json"
The type of key to create.KEY_FILE_TYPE must be one of:json,p12.
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
The option --key-file-type=p12 is available here only for legacy reasons; allnew use cases are encouraged to use the default 'json' format.

These variants are also available:

gcloudalphaiamservice-accountskeyscreate
gcloudbetaiamservice-accountskeyscreate

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.