Azure Secrets Manager
How to store secrets in Azure
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The Azure secrets manager is a secrets manager flavor provided with the ZenML azure
integration that uses Azure Key Vault to store secrets.
When to use it
You should use the Azure secrets manager if:
a component of your stack requires a secret for authentication or you want to use secrets inside your steps.
you're already using Azure, especially if your orchestrator is running in Azure. If you're using a different cloud provider, take a look at the other secrets manager flavors.
How to deploy it
Go to the Azure portal.
In the search bar, enter
key vaults
and open up the corresponding service.Click on
+ Create
in the top left.Fill in all values and create the key vault.
How to use it
To use the Azure secrets manager, we need:
The ZenML
azure
integration installed. If you haven't done so, runThe Azure CLI installed and authenticated.
The name of the key vault to use. You can find a list of your key vaults by going to the Azure portal and searching for
key vaults
. If you don't have any key vault yet, follow the deployment guide to create one.
We can then register the secrets manager and use it in our active stack:
You can now register, update or delete secrets using the CLI or fetch secret values inside your steps.
A concrete example of using the Azure secrets manager can be found here.
For more information and a full list of configurable attributes of the Azure secrets manager, check out the API Docs.
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