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B. Use the command gcloud auth activate-service-account and point it to the private key. Authorizing with a service account gcloud auth activate-service-account authorizes access using a service account. As with gcloud init and gcloud auth login, this command saves the service account credentials to the local system on successful completion and sets the specified account as the active account in your Cloud SDK configuration. https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing#authorizing_with_a_service_account

B. gcloud auth activate-service-account --help NAME) gcloud auth activate-service-account - authorize access to Google Cloud Platform with a service account SYNOPSIS gcloud auth activate-service-account [ACCOUNT] --key-file=KEY_FILE [--password-file=PASSWORD_FILE | --prompt-for-password] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...] DESCRIPTION To allow gcloud (and other tools in Cloud SDK) to use service account credentials to make requests, use this command to import these credentials from a file that contains a private authorization key, and activate them for use in gcloud. gcloud auth activate-service-account serves the same function as gcloud auth login but uses a service account rather than Google user credentials.

A works https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing#auth-login Check this sub menu: "Authorize a service account using a service account key"

Authorize with a service account The gcloud auth login command can authorize access with a service account by using a credential file stored on your local file system. This credential can be a user credential with permission to impersonate the service account, a credential configuration file for workload identity federation, or a service account key. https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing#auth-login

The Answer is A. The command to use service account for authentication is precisely gcloud auth activate-service-account where you can point out to the key file using the flag --key-file. https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account

• The command syntax is gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=PATH_TO_KEY_FILE, where PATH_TO_KEY_FILE is the path to the JSON file containing the service account's private key.

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account

D. This method is for application default credentials. See: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/application-default-credentials A. This method is to obtain credentials for a user account. C. This does nothing. Useless. B. Is the correct answer. See: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account B

Use the command gcloud auth activate-service-account and point it to the private key

ANswer is B To activate your service account, run gcloud auth activate-service-account: gcloud auth activate-service-account [ACCOUNT] --key-file=[KEY_FILE]

I will go with B

B is right Please refer https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication

Ans: B

B, really straightforward

Ans : B gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/test-service-account.json