- NAME
-
- gcloud alpha zone-management service-accounts keys create - creates service account key
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud alpha zone-management service-accounts keys create
OUTPUT_FILE
(--service-account
=SERVICE_ACCOUNT
:--location
=LOCATION
) [--ca-cert-path
=CA_CERT_PATH
] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
(ALPHA)
Creates service account key. - EXAMPLES
-
To create service account key for a service account called
test-service-account
in projecttest-project
and locationus-central1
, run:gcloud alpha zone-management service-accounts keys create --service_account=test-service-account --location=us-central1 --project=test-project
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
OUTPUT_FILE
- Path to the file to write the private key response to.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
-
-
Service Account resource - Service Account to create key for. The arguments 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 in other ways.
To set the
project
attribute:-
provide the argument
--service-account
on the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--project
on the command line; -
set the property
core/project
.
This must be specified.
--service-account
=SERVICE_ACCOUNT
-
ID of the Service Account or fully qualified identifier for the Service Account.
To set the
service-account
attribute:-
provide the argument
--service-account
on the command line.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
-
provide the argument
--location
=LOCATION
-
The location name.
To set the
location
attribute:-
provide the argument
--service-account
on the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--location
on the command line.
-
provide the argument
-
provide the argument
-
Service Account resource - Service Account to create key for. The arguments 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 in other ways.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
-
--ca-cert-path
=CA_CERT_PATH
- Path to the CA certificate file.
- 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 the
edgecontainer/v1alpha
API. The full documentation 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 this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist.
gcloud alpha zone-management service-accounts keys create
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Last updated 2025-07-15 UTC.