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Service accounts enable you to create a Prefect Cloud API key that is not associated with a user account. Service accounts are typically used to configure API access for running workers or executing deployment flow runs on remote infrastructure. Service accounts are non-user accounts that have the following features: With service account credentials, you can configure an execution environment to interact with your Prefect Cloud workspaces without a user manually logging in from that environment. Service accounts may be created, added to workspaces, have their roles changed, or deleted without affecting other user accounts. You may apply any valid workspace-level role to a service account. Select Service Accounts to view, create, or edit service accounts. Service accounts are created at the account level, but individual workspaces may be shared with the service account. See workspace sharing for more information.
Service account credentialsWhen you create a service account, Prefect Cloud creates a new API key for the account and provides the API configuration command for the execution environment. Save these to a safe location for future use. If the access credentials are lost or compromised, regenerate them from the service account page.

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Create a service account

On the Service Accounts page, select the + icon to create a new service account. Configure:
  • The service account name. This name must be unique within your account.
  • An expiration date, or the Never Expire option.
Service account rolesA service account may only be a Member of an account. You may apply any valid workspace-level role to a service account when it is added to a workspace.
Select Create to create the new service account.
Copy the key to a secure location since an API key cannot be revealed again in the UI after it is generated.
Change the API key and expiration for a service account by rotating the API key. Select Rotate API Key from the menu on the left side of the service account’s information on this page. Optionally, you can set a period of time for your old service account key to remain active. To delete a service account, select Remove from the menu on the left side of the service account’s information.