Gcloud Login With Service Account ^hot^

The real happy ending for the story wasn't logging in locally; it was erasing the need to log in at all.

You must have the Service Account Token Creator ( roles/iam.serviceAccountTokenCreator ) role on the target service account. Command-level Impersonation: gcloud login with service account

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Select as the format and click Create . This downloads a private key file to your machine. Protect this file carefully , as anyone with it can act as the service account. 2. Log in Using the Key File gcloud login with service account