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Activate a service account by specifying both email and key file path

command

gcloud auth activate-service-account SA_EMAIL --key-file KEY_FILE

also accepted

gcloud auth activate-service-account

Command breakdown

Part of the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) — Auth category.

gcloudauthactivate-service-accountSA_EMAIL--key-fileKEY_FILE

Flag	Purpose
`--key-file`	Boolean flag

More Auth commands

Authorize gcloud to access Google Cloud using your user account credentialsgcloud auth login
List all credentialed accounts and identify the currently active accountgcloud auth list
Print an OAuth2 access token for the active account to use in API requestsgcloud auth print-access-token
Authenticate gcloud using a service account JSON key filegcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file KEY_FILE
Set up Application Default Credentials for local development libraries and toolsgcloud auth application-default login
Revoke credentials and remove access for a specific account from gcloudgcloud auth revoke ACCOUNT
Register gcloud as a Docker credential helper for Google Container Registrygcloud auth configure-docker
Print an OpenID Connect identity token for the active accountgcloud auth print-identity-token

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