- NAME
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- gcloud edge-cloud service-accounts keys create - create service account key for a service account on a Google Distributed Cloud zone
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud edge-cloud service-accounts keys createOUTPUT_FILE(--service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT:--location=LOCATION) [--ca-cert-path=CA_CERT_PATH] [--validity=VALIDITY] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Create service account key for a service account on a Google Distributed Cloud zone.
- EXAMPLES
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To create service account key for a service account called
sample-service-accountin projectsample-projectand locationus-central1, run:gcloud edge-cloud service-accounts keys create OUTPUT_FILE --service-account=sample-service-account --location=us-central1 --project=sample-project - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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OUTPUT_FILE- Output file to write the service account key.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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Service Account resource - Google Distributed Cloud service account. 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
projectattribute:-
provide the argument
--service-accounton the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton 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-accountattribute:-
provide the argument
--service-accounton the command line.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument
--location=LOCATION-
The location name.
To set the
locationattribute:-
provide the argument
--service-accounton the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Service Account resource - Google Distributed Cloud service account. 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
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--ca-cert-path=CA_CERT_PATH- File that contains the CA certificate of the Google Distributed Cloud zone.
--validity=VALIDITY- Validity of the service account key.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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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. - API REFERENCE
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This command uses the
edgecontainer/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/edge-cloud - NOTES
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This variant is also available:
gcloud alpha edge-cloud service-accounts keys create
gcloud edge-cloud service-accounts keys create
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Last updated 2026-09-01 UTC.
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