gcloud beta auth activate-service-account

gcloud beta auth activate-service-account - authorize access to Google Cloud with a service account

gcloud beta auth activate-service-account [ACCOUNT] --key-file=KEY_FILE [--password-file=PASSWORD_FILE     | --prompt-for-password] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

For more information on authorization and credential types, see: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing.

Key File

To obtain the key file for this command, use either the Google Cloud Console or gcloud iam service-accounts keys create. The key file can be .json (preferred) or .p12 (legacy) format. In the case of legacy .p12 files, a separate password might be required and is displayed in the Console when you create the key.

Credentials

Credentials will also be activated (similar to running gcloud config set account [ACCOUNT_NAME]).

If a project is specified using the --project flag, the project is set in active configuration, which is the same as running gcloud config set project [PROJECT_NAME]. Any previously active credentials, will be retained (though no longer default) and can be displayed by running gcloud auth list.

If you want to delete previous credentials, see gcloud auth revoke.

Note: Service accounts use client quotas for tracking usage.

gcloud beta auth activate-service-account SERVICE_ACCOUNT@DOMAIN.COM --key-file=/path/key.json --project=PROJECT_ID

[ACCOUNT]

E-mail address of the service account.

--key-file=KEY_FILE

Path to the private key file.

At most one of these can be specified:

--password-file=PASSWORD_FILE

Path to a file containing the password for the service account private key (only for a .p12 file).

--prompt-for-password

Prompt for the password for the service account private key (only for a .p12 file).

Run $ gcloud help for details.

gcloud auth activate-service-account

gcloud alpha auth activate-service-account