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Four Methods to Access Azure Key Vault from Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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paolosalvatori
Former Employee
Feb 11, 2025

This article explores various methods that an application hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) can use to retrieve secrets from an Azure Key Vault resource.

In this article, we will explore various methods that an application hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) can use to retrieve secrets from an Azure Key Vault resource. You can find all the script...
Updated Feb 11, 2025
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ebclar2
Copper Contributor
Feb 26, 2025

What using Azure Key Vault Provider for Secrets Store CSI Driver in AKS you may use either the created KeyVault provider identity, or a workload identity.  See step 3 in the documentation.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/csi-secrets-store-driver#create-an-aks-cluster-with-azure-key-vault-provider-for-secrets-store-csi-driver-support