You can define an Azure AD target to be used with Azure AD dynamic secrets or Azure AD rotated secrets. Having an Azure AD target will allow you to conserve the credentials chain between all of your dynamic secrets, as it is possible to point a target at a rotated secret, or to manually edit credentials in the target instead of having to change them individually for connecting items.

Create an Azure AD Target in the CLI

To create an Azure AD target from the CLI, run the following command:

akeyless target create azure \
--name <target name> \
--client-id <Azure client/application id> \
--tenant-id <Azure tenant id> \
--client-secret <Azure client secret>

Where:

• name: A unique name of the target. The name can include the path to the virtual folder where you want to create the new target, using slash / separators. If the folder does not exist, it will be created together with the target.

Set the following:

• client-id: The Application ID of the admin user that will be used to authenticate Akeyless with Azure.

• tenant-id: Your Azure Tenant ID.

• client-secret: The client secret of the admin user that will be used to authenticate Akeyless with Azure.

If you wish the target to reference a specific Storage Account, add the following parameters:

• subscription-id: The ID of a Subscription that contains the Azure Storage Account.

• resource-group-name: The name of the Resource Group to which your Azure Storage account belongs.

• resource-name: The name of the Azure Storage account.

You can find the complete list of parameters for this command in the CLI Reference - Akeyless Targets section.

Create an Azure Target in the Console

1. Log in to the Akeyless Console, and go to Targets > New > Cloud (Azure AD).

2. Define a Name of the target, and specify the Location as a path to the virtual folder where you want to create the new target, using slash / separators. If the folder does not exist, it will be created together with the target

3. Select a Protection key with a Customer Fragment to enable Zero-Knowledge and click Next.
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4. Define the remaining parameters as follows:

• Choose your preferred authentication mode by selecting one of the options:
  • Check the Use Credentials radio button to authenticate with the Azure AD admin user credentials.
  • Check the Use Gateway's Cloud Identity option to authenticate with the Gateway's Cloud IAM.

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Note

Use Gateway's Cloud Identity is relevant for cases where your Gateway uses Azure service principal to authenticate against Akeyless. For example, when you set up a Dynamic Secret for Azure AD, the target can be used for the temporary Azure service principals creation.

• If you selected the Use Credentials, provide the following:

  • Client ID (Application ID): Application ID of the admin user that will be used to authenticate Akeyless with Azure AD.
  • Tenant ID: Your Azure Tenant ID.
  • Client Secret: Client Secret of the admin user that will be used to authenticate Akeyless with Azure AD.

• If you selected the Use Gateway's Cloud Identity, skip to the next step.

• If you wish the target to reference to a specific Storage Account, click Next and add the following parameters:

  • Subscription ID: Azure Subscription ID (If this target is for the Azure Storage account).
  • Resource Group Name: Resource Group name in your Azure Subscription.
  • Resource Name: Name of the relevant Resource.

5. Click Finish.