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title: ServiceAccount
id: service-account
date: 2018-04-12
full_link: /docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/
short_description: >
  Provides an identity for processes that run in a Pod.

aka: 
tags:
- fundamental
- core-object
---
 Provides an identity for processes that run in a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pod" term_id="pod" >}}.

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When processes inside Pods access the cluster, they are authenticated by the API server as a particular service account, for example, `default`. When you create a Pod, if you do not specify a service account, it is automatically assigned the default service account in the same {{< glossary_tooltip text="Namespace" term_id="namespace" >}}.
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+								id: service-account
 								date: 2018-04-12
 								full_link: /docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/
 								short_description: >
 								  Provides an identity for processes that run in a Pod.
 								aka:
 								tags:
 								- fundamental
 								- core-object
 								---
 								 Provides an identity for processes that run in a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pod" term_id="pod" >}}.
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+								When processes inside Pods access the cluster, they are authenticated by the API server as a particular service account, for example, `default`. When you create a Pod, if you do not specify a service account, it is automatically assigned the default service account in the same {{< glossary_tooltip text="Namespace" term_id="namespace" >}}.