website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/service-account.md

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

Provides an identity for processes that run in a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pod" term_id="pod" >}}.

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" >}}.