NAME
    gcloud beta auth application-default - manage your active Application
        Default Credentials

SYNOPSIS
    gcloud beta auth application-default COMMAND [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION
    (BETA) Application Default Credentials (ADC) provide a method to get
    credentials used in calling Google APIs. The gcloud beta auth
    application-default command group allows you to manage active credentials
    on your machine that are used for local application development.

    These credentials are only used by Google client libraries in your own
    application.

    For more information about ADC and how it works, see Authenticating as a
    service account (https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production).

EXAMPLES
    To use your own user credentials for your application to access an API,
    run:

        $ gcloud beta auth application-default login

    This will take you through a web flow to acquire new user credentials.

    To create a service account and have your application use it for API
    access, run:

        $ gcloud iam service-accounts create my-account
        $ gcloud iam service-accounts keys create key.json \
            --iam-account=my-account@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com
        $ export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=key.json
        $ ./my_application.sh

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
    These flags are available to all commands: --help.

    Run $ gcloud help for details.

COMMANDS
    COMMAND is one of the following:

     login
        (BETA) Acquire new user credentials to use for Application Default
        Credentials.

     print-access-token
        (BETA) Print an access token for your current Application Default
        Credentials.

     revoke
        (BETA) Revoke previously generated Application Default Credentials.

     set-quota-project
        (BETA) Update or add a quota project in application default credentials
        (ADC).

NOTES
    This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
    variants are also available:

        $ gcloud auth application-default

        $ gcloud alpha auth application-default

