- NAME
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- gcloud beta iam service-accounts keys create - create a service account key
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta iam service-accounts keys createOUTPUT-FILE--iam-account=IAM_ACCOUNT[--key-file-type=KEY_FILE_TYPE; default="json"] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)If the service account does not exist, this command returns aPERMISSION_DENIEDerror. - EXAMPLES
- To create a new service account key and save the private portion of the key
locally, run:
gcloud beta iam service-accounts keys create key.json --iam-account = my-iam-account@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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OUTPUT-FILE - The path where the resulting private key should be written. File system write permission will be checked on the specified path prior to the key creation.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--iam-account=IAM_ACCOUNT - The service account for which to create a key.
To list all service accounts in the project, run:
gcloud iam service-accounts list
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--key-file-type=KEY_FILE_TYPE; default="json" - The type of key to create.
KEY_FILE_TYPEmust be one of:json,p12.
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- 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 helpfor details. - NOTES
- The option --key-file-type=p12 is available here only for legacy reasons; all
new use cases are encouraged to use the default 'json' format.
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These variants are also available:
gcloud iam service-accounts keys creategcloud alpha iam service-accounts keys create
gcloud beta iam service-accounts keys create
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

