---
title: "Create service account"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/org/{id}/service-account"
tags: ["service-account"]
---

# Create service account

`POST /api/v2/org/{id}/service-account`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://central.zerotier.com`
- URL: `https://central.zerotier.com/api/v2/org/{id}/service-account`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a new service account in an organization. Service accounts are used for programmatic API access.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- CreateServiceAccountRequest
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string

## Response `200`

Created service account

- ServiceAccountResponse
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `orgId` string, required
  - `apiKeys` ApiKeyResponse[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `serviceAccountId` string, required
    - `description` string, required
    - `expires` string, date-time: Expiration time of the API key
    - `creationTime` string, date-time, required: Time the API key was created
    - `lastModified` string, date-time, required: Time the API key was last modified
    - `lastUsed` string, date-time: Time the API key was last used
  - `creationTime` string, date-time, required: Time the service account was created
  - `lastModified` string, date-time, required: Time the service account was last modified

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid data provided
- `401`: Missing or invalid authentication token
- `403`: Insufficient permissions
- `413`: Request body exceeds the 1 MB size limit
- `500`: Internal server error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/zerotier/apis/zerotier-central-v2-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/zerotier/apis/zerotier-central-v2-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/zerotier/apis/zerotier-central-v2-api/revisions/b2e7468ad104?raw)