.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_IAM_SERVICE\-ACCOUNTS_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha iam service\-accounts describe \- show metadata for a service account from a project



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha iam service\-accounts describe\fR \fISERVICE_ACCOUNT\fR [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR This command shows metadata for a service account.

This call can fail for the following reasons:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
The specified service account does not exist. In this case, you receive a
\f5PERMISSION_DENIED\fR error.
.IP "\(bu" 2m
The active user does not have permission to access the given service account.
.RE
.sp



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To print metadata for a service account from your project, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha iam service\-accounts describe \e
    my\-iam\-account@my\-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fISERVICE_ACCOUNT\fR

The service account to describe. The account should be formatted either as a
numeric service account ID or as an email, like this: 123456789876543212345 or
my\-iam\-account@somedomain.com.


.RE
.sp

.SH "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 \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "NOTES"

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation\-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud iam service\-accounts describe
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta iam service\-accounts describe
.RE