.TH "GCLOUD_IAM_SERVICE\-ACCOUNTS_DESCRIBE" 1



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



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



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

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 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"

These variants are also available:

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

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