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docs | Azure Key Vault secret store | Azure Key Vault | Detailed information on the Azure Key Vault secret store component |
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{{% alert title="Note" color="primary" %}} Azure Managed Identity can be used for Azure Key Vault access on Kubernetes. Instructions [here]({{< ref azure-keyvault-managed-identity.md >}}). {{% /alert %}}
Component format
To setup Azure Key Vault secret store create a component of type secretstores.azure.keyvault
. See [this guide]({{< ref "setup-secret-store.md#apply-the-configuration" >}}) on how to create and apply a secretstore configuration. See this guide on [referencing secrets]({{< ref component-secrets.md >}}) to retrieve and use the secret with Dapr components.
See also configure the component guide in this page.
apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
name: azurekeyvault
namespace: default
spec:
type: secretstores.azure.keyvault
version: v1
metadata:
- name: vaultName
value: [your_keyvault_name]
- name: spnTenantId
value: "[your_service_principal_tenant_id]"
- name: spnClientId
value: "[your_service_principal_app_id]"
value : "[pfx_certificate_contents]"
- name: spnCertificateFile
value : "[pfx_certificate_file_fully_qualified_local_path]"
{{% alert title="Warning" color="warning" %}} The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a local secret store such as [Kubernetes secret store]({{< ref kubernetes-secret-store.md >}}) or a [local file]({{< ref file-secret-store.md >}}) to bootstrap secure key storage. {{% /alert %}}
Spec metadata fields
Self-Hosted
Field | Required | Details | Example |
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vaultName | Y | The name of the Azure Key Vault | "mykeyvault" |
spnTenantId | Y | Service Principal Tenant Id | "spnTenantId" |
spnClientId | Y | Service Principal App Id | "spnAppId" |
spnCertificateFile | Y | PFX certificate file path. For Windows the [pfx_certificate_file_fully_qualified_local_path] value must use escaped backslashes, i.e. double backslashes. For example "C:\\folder1\\folder2\\certfile.pfx" . For Linux you can use single slashes. For example "/folder1/folder2/certfile.pfx" . See configure the component for more details |
"C:\\folder1\\folder2\\certfile.pfx" , "/folder1/folder2/certfile.pfx" |
Kubernetes
Field | Required | Details | Example |
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vaultName | Y | The name of the Azure Key Vault | "mykeyvault" |
spnTenantId | Y | Service Principal Tenant Id | "spnTenantId" |
spnClientId | Y | Service Principal App Id | "spnAppId" |
spnCertificate | Y | PKCS 12 encoded bytes of the certificate. See configure the component for details on encoding this in a Kubernetes secret. | secretKeyRef: ... See configure the component for more information. |
Setup Key Vault and service principal
Prerequisites
Steps
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Login to Azure and set the default subscription
# Log in Azure az login # Set your subscription to the default subscription az account set -s [your subscription id]
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Create an Azure Key Vault in a region
az keyvault create --location [region] --name [your_keyvault] --resource-group [your resource group]
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Create a service principal
Create a service principal with a new certificate and store the 1-year certificate inside your keyvault's certificate vault. You can skip this step if you want to use an existing service principal for keyvault instead of creating new one
az ad sp create-for-rbac --name [your_service_principal_name] --create-cert --cert [certificate_name] --keyvault [your_keyvault] --skip-assignment --years 1 { "appId": "a4f90000-0000-0000-0000-00000011d000", "displayName": "[your_service_principal_name]", "name": "http://[your_service_principal_name]", "password": null, "tenant": "34f90000-0000-0000-0000-00000011d000" }
Save both the appId and tenant from the output which will be used in the next step
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Get the Object Id for [your_service_principal_name]
az ad sp show --id [service_principal_app_id] { ... "objectId": "[your_service_principal_object_id]", "objectType": "ServicePrincipal", ... }
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Grant the service principal the GET permission to your Azure Key Vault
az keyvault set-policy --name [your_keyvault] --object-id [your_service_principal_object_id] --secret-permissions get
Now that your service principal has access to your keyvault you are ready to configure the secret store component to use secrets stored in your keyvault to access other components securely.
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Download the certificate in PFX format from your Azure Key Vault either using the Azure portal or the Azure CLI:
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Using the Azure portal:
Go to your key vault on the Azure portal and navigate to the Certificates tab under Settings. Find the certificate that was created during the service principal creation, named [certificate_name] and click on it.
Click Download in PFX/PEM format to download the certificate.
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Using the Azure CLI:
az keyvault secret download --vault-name [your_keyvault] --name [certificate_name] --encoding base64 --file [certificate_name].pfx
Configure the component
{{< tabs "Self-Hosted" "Kubernetes">}}
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Copy downloaded PFX cert from your Azure Keyvault into your components directory or a secure location on your local disk
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Create a file called
azurekeyvault.yaml
in the components directoryapiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1 kind: Component metadata: name: azurekeyvault namespace: default spec: type: secretstores.azure.keyvault version: v1 metadata: - name: vaultName value: [your_keyvault_name] - name: spnTenantId value: "[your_service_principal_tenant_id]" - name: spnClientId value: "[your_service_principal_app_id]" - name: spnCertificateFile value : "[pfx_certificate_file_fully_qualified_local_path]"
Fill in the metadata fields with your Key Vault details from the above setup process. {{% /codetab %}}
{{% codetab %}} In Kubernetes, you store the certificate for the service principal into the Kubernetes Secret Store and then enable Azure Key Vault secret store with this certificate in Kubernetes secretstore.
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Create a kubernetes secret using the following command:
kubectl create secret generic [your_k8s_spn_secret_name] --from-file=[your_k8s_spn_secret_key]=[pfx_certificate_file_fully_qualified_local_path]
[pfx_certificate_file_fully_qualified_local_path]
is the path of PFX cert file you downloaded above[your_k8s_spn_secret_name]
is secret name in Kubernetes secret store[your_k8s_spn_secret_key]
is secret key in Kubernetes secret store
- Create a
azurekeyvault.yaml
component file
The component yaml refers to the Kubernetes secretstore using auth
property and secretKeyRef
refers to the certificate stored in Kubernetes secret store.
apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
name: azurekeyvault
namespace: default
spec:
type: secretstores.azure.keyvault
version: v1
metadata:
- name: vaultName
value: [your_keyvault_name]
- name: spnTenantId
value: "[your_service_principal_tenant_id]"
- name: spnClientId
value: "[your_service_principal_app_id]"
- name: spnCertificate
secretKeyRef:
name: [your_k8s_spn_secret_name]
key: [your_k8s_spn_secret_key]
auth:
secretStore: kubernetes
- Apply
azurekeyvault.yaml
component
kubectl apply -f azurekeyvault.yaml
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References
- Azure CLI Keyvault CLI
- Create an Azure service principal with Azure CLI
- [Secrets building block]({{< ref secrets >}})
- [How-To: Retrieve a secret]({{< ref "howto-secrets.md" >}})
- [How-To: Reference secrets in Dapr components]({{< ref component-secrets.md >}})
- [Secrets API reference]({{< ref secrets_api.md >}})