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Service Account service-account 2018-04-12 /docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-service-account/ Provides an identity for processes that run in a Pod.
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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" >}}.