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NAME
gdcloud iam service-accounts keys delete - Delete a public key from a service account.
SYNOPSIS
gdcloud iam service-accounts keys delete KEY_ID [flags]
DESCRIPTION
Delete a public key from a project's service account, and the associated private key becomes invalid. The ID of the public key must be provided. You can run command "gdcloud iam service-accounts keys list" to list the ID of all the public keys from a service account.
EXAMPLES
To delete a public key with ID "ab98fa9a-dae0-401f" from service account "psa-test" in project "iam-test", run:
gdcloud iam service-accounts keys delete ab98fa9a-dae0-401f --iam-account=psa-test --project=iam-test
REQUIRED FLAGS
--iam-account string Project's service account to delete the public key from. The flag is required to run the command.
GDCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands: --configuration, --format, --help, --project, --quiet.
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