gcloud iam service-accounts keys enable

NAME

gcloud iam service-accounts keys enable - enable a service account key

SYNOPSIS

gcloud iam service-accounts keys enable (IAM_KEY : --iam-account=IAM_ACCOUNT) [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Enable a service account key. If the service account does not exist, this command returns a PERMISSION_DENIED error.

EXAMPLES

To enable a key with ID b4f1037aeef9ab37deee9 for the service account my-iam-account@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com, run:

gcloud iam service-accounts keys enable b4f1037aeef9ab37deee9 --iam-account=my-iam-account@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

IamKey resource - The id of the key to disable. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the project attribute:

provide the argument iam_key on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --project on the command line;
set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

IAM_KEY

ID of the iamKey or fully qualified identifier for the iamKey.

To set the iam_key attribute:

provide the argument iam_key on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--iam-account=IAM_ACCOUNT

The name of the IAM ServiceAccount. To set the iam-account attribute:

provide the argument iam_key on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --iam-account on the command line.

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 $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the iam/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/iam/

NOTES

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha iam service-accounts keys enable

gcloud beta iam service-accounts keys enable

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.