It seems like using service accounts with Dataproc is not possible because when using a service account with Cloud Dataproc I'm getting permission errors.
For example, running the command gcloud beta dataproc clusters list yeilds an error which says (gcloud.beta.dataproc.clusters.list) Request had insufficient authentication scopes
Does Cloud Dataproc allow for the use of service accounts?
Yes, you can use service accounts with Cloud Dataproc.
This error is due to the requirement that the cloud-platform scope be enabled. The long name for this scope is https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.
When creating a Google Compute Engine instance it means skipping the dropdown scopes and just clicking the top-level Allow API access to all Google Cloud services in the same project.
