NAME

gcloud-auth-activate-service-account - Get credentials for a service account, using a .p12 file for the private key. If --project is set, set the default project.

SYNOPSIS

gcloud auth activate-service-account
  ACCOUNT
  [--format FORMAT]
  [--help]
  --key-file KEY_FILE
  [--password-file PASSWORD_FILE | --prompt-for-password]
  [--project PROJECT]
  [--quiet, -q]
  [-h]

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

ACCOUNT

The email for the service account.

FLAGS

--format FORMAT

Specify a format for printed output. By default, a command-specific human-friendly output format is used. Setting this flag to one of the available options will serialize the result of the command in the chosen format and print it to stdout. Supported formats are: "json", "text", "yaml".

--help

Display detailed help.

--key-file KEY_FILE

Path to the service accounts private key.

--password-file PASSWORD_FILE

Path to a file containing the password for the service account private key.

--project PROJECT

Google Cloud Platform project to use for this invocation.

--prompt-for-password

Prompt for the password for the service account private key.

--quiet

Disable all interactive prompts when running gcloud commands. If input is required, defaults will be used, or an error will be raised.

-h

Print a summary help and exit.

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