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title: "How to add a service account"
slug: "cloud-iam-add-service-account"
updated: 2026-11-03T14:48:18Z
published: 2026-11-03T14:48:18Z
canonical: "docs.senhasegura.io/cloud-iam-add-service-account"
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# How to add a service account

This document provides information on how to add service accounts in **Cloud IAM**. Service accounts are those of programmatic access, i.e., access of applications and machines to cloud providers' accounts.

## Add a service account

To add a service account to **Cloud IAM**, see the following steps:

1. On Segura™, in the navigation bar, hover over the **Products menu** and select **Cloud IAM**.
2. In the side menu, select **Identity management > Service accounts**.
3. In the top right corner, click **Add**.
4. In the **Settings** tab, enter the following information:

          Attention

          

If you are a member of an access group with a template defined, when inserting the user, he must follow the rule established in the template.
  1. In the **Name *** field, enter the name for the service account.
  1. (Optional): In the **User responsible** field, select the user responsible for the service account.
  2. (Optional): In the **TTL (seconds)** field, enter the lifetime of the service account. If the value is zero, the service account won't expire.
  3. (Optional): In the **Description** field, enter a description.
  4. (Optional): In the **Tags** field, enter tags to help identifying the service account.
5. Navigate to the providers’ tab you want to register.
          Info

          

You can register [AWS](/v4-2/docs/cloud-iam-add-service-account#add-an-aws-service-account), [Azure](/v4-2/docs/cloud-iam-add-service-account#add-an-azure-service-account) and [Google Cloud](/v4-2/docs/cloud-iam-add-service-account#add-a-google-cloud-service-account) service accounts on the same screen at the same time.
6. Click **Continue** until you get to the **Review** tab.
7. In the **Review** tab, review all information enter previously, and click **Save**.

The new added service account will appear listed on the [Service accounts](/v4-2/docs/cloud-iam-service-accounts) report screen.

## Add an AWS service account

To add an AWS service account to **Cloud IAM**, see the following steps:

1. On Segura™, in the navigation bar, hover over the **Products menu** and select **Cloud IAM**.
2. In the side menu, select **Identity management > Service accounts**.
3. In the top right corner, click **Add**.
4. Go to the **AWS** tab.
5. In the **Accounts** section, select which accounts this service account should be created under.
6. In the **Policies** section, select the policies that this service account should have on the account. AWS limits up to 10 policies per service account.
7. Click **Continue** until you get to the **Review** tab.
8. In the **Review** tab, review all information enter previously, and click **Save**.

## Add an Azure service account

To add an Azure service account to **Cloud IAM**, see the following steps

1. On Segura™, in the navigation bar, hover over the **Products menu** and select **Cloud IAM**.
2. In the side menu, select **Identity management > Service accounts**.
3. In the top right corner, click **Add**.
4. Go to the **Azure** tab.
5. In the **Supported Account Types**, specify the account types supported.
6. In the **URI redirect**, enter the location to which the microsoft identity platform redirects the user's client and sends security tokens after authentication.
7. In the **API Permissions**, select which permissions the service account must have.
8. Click **Continue** until you get to the **Review** tab.
9. In the **Review** tab, review all information enter previously, and click **Save**.

## Add a Google Cloud service account

To add a Google Cloud service account to **Cloud IAM**, see the following steps:

1. On Segura™, in the navigation bar, hover over the **Products menu** and select **Cloud IAM**.
2. In the side menu, select **Identity management > Service accounts**.
3. In the top right corner, click **Add**.
4. Go to the **Google Cloud** tab.
5. In the **Organization roles** section, select which roles, accounts and organizations the service account should be added to.
6. In the **Project roles** section, select which roles, accounts and projects the service account should be added to.
7. Click **Continue** until you get to the **Review** tab.
8. In the **Review** tab, review all information enter previously, and click **Save**.

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