---
title: stack es security get-service-credentials cli command
description: Get service account credentials. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/cli/pull/474/cli/stack/es/security/get-service-credentials
---

# stack es security get-service-credentials cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es security get-service-credentials \
  --namespace <namespace> \
  --service <service> \
  [options]
```

Get service account credentials.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--namespace string required">
    The name of the namespace.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--service string required">
    The service name.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--[no-]json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>