Enable a service account

Demonstrates enabling a service account.

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• Disable and enable service accounts

Code sample

C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

namespace iam = ::google::cloud::iam_admin_v1;
[](std::string const& name) {
  iam::IAMClient client(iam::MakeIAMConnection());
  google::iam::admin::v1::EnableServiceAccountRequest request;
  request.set_name(name);
  auto response = client.EnableServiceAccount(request);
  if (!response.ok()) throw std::runtime_error(response.message());
  std::cout << "ServiceAccount successfully enabled.\n";
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using System;
using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1.Data;

public partial class ServiceAccounts
{
    public static void EnableServiceAccount(string email)
    {
        var credential = GoogleCredential.GetApplicationDefault()
            .CreateScoped(IamService.Scope.CloudPlatform);
        var service = new IamService(new IamService.Initializer
        {
            HttpClientInitializer = credential
        });

        var request = new EnableServiceAccountRequest();

        string resource = "projects/-/serviceAccounts/" + email;
        service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Enable(request, resource).Execute();
        Console.WriteLine("Enabled service account: " + email);
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	iam "google.golang.org/api/iam/v1"
)

// enableServiceAccount enables a service account.
func enableServiceAccount(w io.Writer, email string) error {
	// email:= [e-mail]
	ctx := context.Background()
	service, err := iam.NewService(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("iam.NewService: %w", err)
	}

	request := &iam.EnableServiceAccountRequest{}
	_, err = service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Enable("projects/-/serviceAccounts/"+email, request).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Projects.ServiceAccounts.Enable: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Enabled service account: %v", email)
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.iam.admin.v1.IAMClient;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.EnableServiceAccountRequest;
import java.io.IOException;


public class EnableServiceAccount {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(Developer): Replace the below variables before running.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String serviceAccountName = "your-service-account-name";

    enableServiceAccount(projectId, serviceAccountName);
  }

  // Enables a service account.
  public static void enableServiceAccount(String projectId, String accountName)
          throws IOException {
    String email = String.format("%s@%s.iam.gserviceaccount.com", accountName, projectId);

    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests.
    // This client only needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (IAMClient iamClient = IAMClient.create()) {
      iamClient.enableServiceAccount(EnableServiceAccountRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(String.format("projects/%s/serviceAccounts/%s", projectId, email))
              .build());

      System.out.println("Enabled service account: " + email);
    }
  }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import time

from google.cloud import iam_admin_v1
from google.cloud.iam_admin_v1 import types


def enable_service_account(project_id: str, account: str) -> types.ServiceAccount:
    """Enables a service account.

    project_id: ID or number of the Google Cloud project you want to use.
    account: ID or email which is unique identifier of the service account.
    """

    iam_admin_client = iam_admin_v1.IAMClient()
    request = types.EnableServiceAccountRequest()
    name = f"projects/{project_id}/serviceAccounts/{account}"
    request.name = name

    iam_admin_client.enable_service_account(request=request)
    time.sleep(5)  # waiting to make sure changes applied

    get_request = types.GetServiceAccountRequest()
    get_request.name = name

    service_account = iam_admin_client.get_service_account(request=get_request)
    if not service_account.disabled:
        print(f"Enabled service account: {account}")
    return service_account

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