Bipin Alchettibipinalchetti.hashnode.dev·Jun 8, 2024Simplifying UAMI Integration with AKS and AKVUse Case: We have a token/secret stored in an Azure Key Vault secret We have a pod in a Cluster that needs to read this secret. We will use UAMI to enable the pod to read the secret stored in the AKV Let's decode this in simple terms: Pre-requi...Discuss·47 readsAzure
Marcel Michaublog.marcelmichau.dev·May 31, 2024Azure SQL - Create SQL User From Managed IdentityWhen using Managed Identities in Azure, a common requirement is creating a SQL user for your app's Managed Identity in your Azure SQL Database from some CI/CD pipeline. Sometimes apps need to talk to a database - who knew? According to the documentat...Discuss·57 readsAzure
Marcel Michaublog.marcelmichau.dev·Apr 12, 2024Microsoft Entra ID - Call Protected APIs using Managed IdentitiesEntra ID Managed Identities are great. They enable authentication & authorization to Azure resources without the need to store & manage credentials. This works well if you, say, have an Azure Container App which connects to an Azure SQL Database. It'...Discuss·2 likes·468 readsMicrosoft Entra
Kumar Ashwin Hubertkumarashwinhubert.com·Nov 18, 2023Secure Your Azure Functions: Use Managed Identity for AzureWebJobsStorageWhen using an Azure Function app, it is necessary to connect it to a storage account, often referred to as Host storage. This storage is utilized by the Functions runtime, as well as by various triggers and bindings to coordinate between multiple run...Discuss·2.1K readsAzure
Jamie Lawsonjlawson.hashnode.dev·Oct 9, 2023Graph PowerShell Authentication with Managed IdentitiesWhat is a Managed Identity? Managed identities in Azure are a way for us to authenticate to selected Microsoft resources without having to manage credentials and secrets. A managed identity is associated with an Azure resource like an automation acco...DiscussAzure
Amit Khannaekhanna.hashnode.dev·Feb 19, 2023Understanding Managed Identities in Azure - Part IIn this article, we'll discuss what are Managed Identities in Microsoft Azure and how we can use them to secure and host truly credential-less .NET applications in the cloud. What are Managed Identities in Azure? Managed Identies is a feature in Azur...Discuss·3 likes·69 readsAzure
Jens Caasenblog.jenscaasen.cloud·Jan 7, 2023How to passwordless authenticate DEV and PROD Systems with an Azure ServiceWhen accessing Azure resources, the Storage Account, for example, you can make the access by using the access key or Connection String that is provided on the resource. The problem with keys While this is a feasible way of managing access, there are...Discuss·42 readsAzure
Alexandre NedelecProtechwatching.hashnode.dev·Sep 15, 2021AzureWebJobsStorage, the secret you don't need in your Function App.If you are using Azure Functions chances are you are using the setting AzureWebJobsStorage in your Function App configuration. And it is quite likely that the value of this setting which is a secret is stored in a non secured way directly in your Fun...Discuss·175 readsSecurity
Josef Richbergjosefrichberg.com·Oct 26, 2020Using Managed Identities to authenticate Function AppsI have a video detailing how to use Managed Identities to authenticate function apps in Azure.Discuss·290 readsAzure
Alexandre NedelecProtechwatching.hashnode.dev·Sep 21, 2020You almost no longer need Key Vault references for Azure Functions.The possibility to add configuration sources in Azure Functions has just been released with latest version of Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions nuget package. I have been waiting for this feature for a long time (like many people I think) because ...Discuss·34 readsAzure
