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yc iam api-key

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Updated at June 10, 2026
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Manage service account API keys.
API keys are used for authentication with Yandex Cloud services.

Command UsageCommand Usage

Syntax:

yc iam api-key <command>

Aliases:

  • api-keys

Command TreeCommand Tree

  • yc iam api-key create — Create an API key for the specified service account

  • yc iam api-key delete — Delete the specified API key

  • yc iam api-key get — Show information about the specified API key

  • yc iam api-key list — List API keys for the specified service account

  • yc iam api-key list-scopes — List of scopes

  • yc iam api-key update — Update an API key for the specified service account

Global FlagsGlobal Flags

Flag

Description

--profile

string

Set the custom configuration file.

--debug

Debug logging.

--debug-grpc

Debug gRPC logging. Very verbose, used for debugging connection problems.

--no-user-output

Disable printing user intended output to stderr.

--retry

int

Enable gRPC retries. By default, retries are enabled with maximum 5 attempts.
Pass 0 to disable retries. Pass any negative value for infinite retries.
Even infinite retries are capped with 2 minutes timeout.

--cloud-id

string

Set the ID of the cloud to use.

--folder-id

string

Set the ID of the folder to use.

--folder-name

string

Set the name of the folder to use (will be resolved to id).

--endpoint

string

Set the Cloud API endpoint (host:port).

--token

string

Set the OAuth token to use.

--impersonate-service-account-id

string

Set the ID of the service account to impersonate.

--no-browser

Disable opening browser for authentication.

--format

string

Set the output format: text (default), yaml, json, json-rest.

--jq

string

Query to select values from the response using jq syntax

-h, --help

Display help for the command.

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