Securing Azure Web App Application Settings using Key Vault Secrets
Developers are most often facing challenges to store and manage secrets and credentials while building a solution for an organization. Azure Key Vault offers a secure implementation of a secret management solution with a wide range of capabilities to support the development needs. It eliminates the need for developers to handle secret management.
While building web-based solutions, including API, and web applications, it is crucial to secure and manage the environment variables in a central location for ease of use.
In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to secure the application settings on a web app using Key Vault referenced secrets in the Azure Portal.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this advanced-level lab, you will be able to:
- Add secrets to Key Vault resource
- Understand managed identities in Azure
- Create application settings using the Key Vault reference
Intended Audience
- Candidates for Azure Security Engineer Associate Exam (AZ-500)
- Cloud Architects
- Security Engineers
- DevOps Engineers
- Software Engineers
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Web Apps
The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:
- Interacting with Azure Cosmos DB from NextJS Web App using Application Settings
- Azure Key Vault and Disk Encryption
Updates
November 7th, 2023 - Resolved an issue that caused the lab to fail periodically
May 26th, 2023 - Resolved an issue that caused the lab to fail periodically
April 3rd, 2023 - Fixed typos in the lab to reflect the correct resource name
October 14th, 2022 - Updated the instructions and screenshots to reflect the latest UI
Parveen is an Azure advocate with previous experience in the professional consulting services industries. He specializes in infrastructure and DevOps with a wide range of knowledge in security and access management. He is also an Azure Certified - DevOps Engineer Expert, Security Engineer, Developer Associate, Administrator Associate, CompTIA Certified - Network+, Security+, and AWS Cloud Practitioner.
Parveen enjoys writing about cloud technologies and sharing the knowledge with the community to help students upskill in the cloud.