Azure Key Vault is an Azure service that falls under the category of key management solutions. It is used to securely store application secrets in a centralised cloud location so that access permissions and access logging can be controlled.
It is very useful for the followings:
(1) To manage storage and access to secrets such as tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys, and other secrets
(2) It makes creating and controlling the encryption keys used to encrypt your data easy
(3) It facilitates certificate management
(4) It's used to store secrets that are backed by hardware security modules (HSMs)
Let me quickly take you through how to implement this valuable cloud based security service in Azure
1st Step - Create a Key Vault
Log in to Azure portal and search for Azure Key Vault
Click on it
Then Click on Create
Complete the Project Details and the Instance details
Select your subscription. I will use Azure Pass Sponsorship
I will use the Resource group MayWorkload1
Then under Instance details, you can give any random name to your key vault that you want to create. I will name this one dovault1
Soft-delete is enabled. This feature allows recovery of the deleted vaults and deleted key vault objects like secret, key, and certificate. It will remain recoverable for a configurable period of 7 to 90 calendar days. Its at default of 90days in the image above
Enable purge protection
Then click on Review and Create
Click on create and wait for the deployment to be complete
The Key Vault dovault1 has been created
2nd Step - Create a Key
Go to Resource and Click on Keys
Click on Generate/Import
Give the key any name of your choice.I will name this key dokey1
Leave the creating option at Generate
Leave key type and RSA key size at default
Set the Activation and Expiry dates
Then click on Create
dokey1 has been created
3rd Step - Create a Secret
Go back to the Key vault and click on Secrets
Give the secret a name of your choice. I will name this one dosecret1
Then leave other parameters at default and set the activation and expiry date
Click on Create
Just as simple as that. We have created a Key Vault and we have created a key and a secret in it.
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