7.2. Creating service accounts

Procedure

1. Optional: To view the service accounts in the current project:

   $ oc get sa

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   Example output

   NAME       SECRETS   AGE
   builder    2         2d
   default    2         2d
   deployer   2         2d

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2. To create a new service account in the current project:

   $ oc create sa <service_account_name> 

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   To create a service account in a different project, specify -n <project_name>.

   Example output

   serviceaccount "robot" created

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3. Optional: View the secrets for the service account:

   $ oc describe sa robot

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   Example output

   Name:		robot
   Namespace:	project1
   Labels:		<none>
   Annotations:	<none>
   
   Image pull secrets:	robot-dockercfg-qzbhb
   
   Mountable secrets: 	robot-token-f4khf
                      	robot-dockercfg-qzbhb
   
   Tokens:            	robot-token-f4khf
                      	robot-token-z8h44

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