gcloud beta iam workforce-pools create-cred-config AUDIENCE --output-file=OUTPUT_FILE --workforce-pool-user-project=WORKFORCE_POOL_USER_PROJECT (--credential-source-file=CREDENTIAL_SOURCE_FILE | --credential-source-url=CREDENTIAL_SOURCE_URL | --executable-command=EXECUTABLE_COMMAND) [--credential-source-field-name=CREDENTIAL_SOURCE_FIELD_NAME] [--credential-source-headers=[key=value,…]] [--credential-source-type=CREDENTIAL_SOURCE_TYPE] [--subject-token-type=SUBJECT_TOKEN_TYPE] [--executable-interactive-timeout-millis=EXECUTABLE_INTERACTIVE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS --executable-output-file=EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_FILE --executable-timeout-millis=EXECUTABLE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS] [--service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT : --service-account-token-lifetime-seconds=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDS] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
(BETA) This command creates a configuration file to allow access to
authenticated Google Cloud actions from a variety of external user accounts.
gcloud beta iam workforce-pools create-cred-config locations/$REGION/workforcePools/$WORKFORCE_POOL_ID/providers/$PROVIDER_ID --credential-source-file=$PATH_TO_OIDC_ID_TOKEN --workforce-pool-user-project=$PROJECT_NUMBER --output-file=credentials.jsonTo create a URL-sourced credential configuration for your project, run:
gcloud beta iam workforce-pools create-cred-config locations/$REGION/workforcePools/$WORKFORCE_POOL_ID/providers/$PROVIDER_ID --credential-source-url=$URL_FOR_OIDC_TOKEN --credential-source-headers=Key=Value --workforce-pool-user-project=$PROJECT_NUMBER --output-file=credentials.jsonTo create an executable-source credential configuration for your project, run the following command:
gcloud beta iam workforce-pools create-cred-config locations/$REGION/workforcePools/$WORKFORCE_POOL_ID/providers/$PROVIDER_ID --executable-command=$EXECUTABLE_COMMAND --executable-timeout-millis=30000 --executable-output-file=$CACHE_FILE --workforce-pool-user-project=$PROJECT_NUMBER --output-file=credentials.jsonAUDIENCE--output-file=OUTPUT_FILE--workforce-pool-user-project=WORKFORCE_POOL_USER_PROJECT--credential-source-file=CREDENTIAL_SOURCE_FILE--credential-source-url=CREDENTIAL_SOURCE_URL--executable-command=EXECUTABLE_COMMAND--credential-source-field-name=CREDENTIAL_SOURCE_FIELD_NAME--credential-source-headers=[key=value,…]--credential-source-type=CREDENTIAL_SOURCE_TYPE--subject-token-type=SUBJECT_TOKEN_TYPE--executable-interactive-timeout-millis=EXECUTABLE_INTERACTIVE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS--executable-output-file=EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_FILE--executable-timeout-millis=EXECUTABLE_TIMEOUT_MILLIS--service-account=SERVICE_ACCOUNT--service-account-token-lifetime-seconds=SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN_LIFETIME_SECONDSconstraints/iam.allowServiceAccountCredentialLifetimeExtension
constraint.
--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 $ gcloud help for details.
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