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Terraform in Yandex Cloud
  • Getting started
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          • iam_oauth_client
          • iam_service_account
          • iam_service_account_api_key
          • iam_service_account_iam_binding
          • iam_service_account_iam_member
          • iam_service_account_iam_policy
          • iam_service_account_key
          • iam_service_account_static_access_key
          • iam_workload_identity_federated_credential
          • iam_workload_identity_oidc_federation
          • iam_workload_identity_oidc_federation_iam_binding

In this article:

  • Example usage
  • Schema
  • Required
  • Optional
  • Read-Only
  • Nested Schema for timeouts
  • Import
  1. Terraform reference
  2. Resources
  3. Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  4. Resources
  5. iam_service_account

yandex_iam_service_account (Resource)

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at October 2, 2025
  • Example usage
  • Schema
    • Required
    • Optional
    • Read-Only
    • Nested Schema for timeouts
  • Import

A ServiceAccount resource. For more information, see Service accounts.

Example usageExample usage

//
// Create a new IAM Service Account (SA).
//
resource "yandex_iam_service_account" "builder" {
  name        = "vmmanager"
  description = "service account to manage VMs"
}

SchemaSchema

RequiredRequired

  • name (String) Name of the service account.
    The name is unique within the cloud. 3-63 characters long.

OptionalOptional

  • description (String) Description of the service account. 0-256 characters long.
  • folder_id (String) ID of the folder that the service account belongs to.
  • id (String) ID of the ServiceAccount resource to return.
    To get the service account ID, use a [ServiceAccountService.List] request.
  • service_account_id (String) ID of the ServiceAccount resource to return.
    To get the service account ID, use a [ServiceAccountService.List] request.
  • timeouts (Block, Optional) (see below for nested schema)

Read-OnlyRead-Only

  • created_at (String) Creation timestamp.

Nested Schema for Nested Schema for timeouts

Optional:

  • create (String) A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours). A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours).
  • delete (String) A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours). Setting a timeout for a Delete operation is only applicable if changes are saved into state before the destroy operation occurs.
  • read (String) A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours). Read operations occur during any refresh or planning operation when refresh is enabled.
  • update (String) A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours).

ImportImport

The resource can be imported by using their resource ID. For getting the resource ID you can use Yandex Cloud Web Console or YC CLI.

# terraform import yandex_iam_service_account.<resource Name> <resource Id>
terraform import yandex_iam_service_account.builder aje5a**********qspd3

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