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layout: "google"
page_title: "Google: google_compute_default_service_account"
sidebar_current: "docs-google-datasource-compute-default-service-account"
description: |-
  Retrieve default service account used by VMs running in this project
---

# google\_compute\_default\_service\_account

Use this data source to retrieve default service account for this project

## Example Usage

```hcl
data "google_compute_default_service_account" "default" { }

output "default_account" {
  value = "${data.google_compute_default_service_account.default.email}"
} 
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `project` - (Optional) The project ID. If it is not provided, the provider project is used.


## Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

* `email` - Email address of the default service account used by VMs running in this project

* `unique_id` - The unique id of the service account.

* `name` - The fully-qualified name of the service account.

* `display_name` - The display name for the service account.