This blog post is an extension to my previous post about how to get secrets and access tokens using Managed Identities with VB.Net and C#. You can read that post here. There is a c# sample for this particular blog here. The scenario here is that you already have the code to use the managed identities and now you want to get an access token for a resource that requires…
Read MoreExploring AzureServiceTokenProvider class with Azure Key Vault and Azure SQL
The AzureServiceTokenProvider class from the Nuget package Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication can be used to obtain an access token. When running in Azure it can also utilize managed identities to request an access token. In this post I’ll focus on using this class to get an access token for Azure Key Vault. Keep in mind that you can also use this class to obtain an access token for any Azure resources integrated with…
Read MoreRetrieving Azure Key Vault Secret using System MSI in an Azure VM in Python
Introduction This is a walk-through showing how to use System Managed Service Identity (MSI) from an Azure VM to retrieve an Azure Key Vault secret in python. Pre-requisite To use the steps in this walk-through you need to have the following: Azure VM Azure Key Vault Python is already installed in the Azure VM (can be downloaded at https://www.python.org/downloads/) The steps Enable System MSI for the Azure VM in the…
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