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serviceaccount

The describe serviceaccount command retrieves detailed information about a specific Service Account (SA) in the Kubernetes cluster. This includes metadata, associated secrets, roles, and permissions.

Usage

cldkctl describe serviceaccount [name] [flags]

Steps

Follow the steps below to run and view the result of this command:

  1. Run the following command in your terminal:

./cldkctl describe serviceaccount [name] 
  1. Replace [name] with the Service Account name you want to inspect.

  2. To view the resource name, refer to the corresponding get serviceaccount section.

  3. If the resource is located in a non-default namespace, include the -n or --namespace flag followed by the namespace name.

./cldkctl describe [resource] [name] -n [namespace]
  1. Once completed successfully, the detailed information about the specified Service Account will appear in your terminal. The output includes metadata, namespace, UID, and creation timestamp.

The following table describes the additional fields specific to the ServiceAccount resource.

Column
Description

metadata.name

The name of the Service Account.

metadata.namespace

The namespace where the Service Account is located.

metadata.uid

A unique identifier automatically assigned to the Service Account.

metadata.resourceVersion

Internal version number for tracking changes to this resource.

metadata.creationTimestamp

The date and time when the Service Account was created.

Flags

  1. This command supports global flags. Refer to the Global Flags section for details.

  2. For common metadata fields, refer to the Common Output Fields table at the beginning of this section.

Flag
Description

-h, --help

Help for describe command.

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