Merge pull request #6574 from radhikapc/glossary

add a glossary term for Service Account
2017-12-05 16:51:23 -05:00
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+id: service-account
+name: Service Account
+full-link: /docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/
+tags:
+- fundamental
+- core-object
+short-description: >
+  Provides an identity for processes that run in a Pod {% glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" %}.
+long-description: >
+  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 namespace {% glossary_tooltip text="Namespace" term_id="namespace" %}.