Key Concepts in Microsoft Azure Key Vault
The main purpose of the Azure key vault is to encrypt the data which is stored in Azure Resources. Following are the some of main key points before creating a Microsoft Azure key vault.
- Key Vault: The key vault in Azure is used to store the keys, secrets, and certificates provided are created by Microsoft Azure.
- Key: With the help of keys you are going to perform certain operations like encryption, decryption, and signing, and the keys are stored in the key vault.
- Vault Owner: The owner of the vault will have all the control of the vaults he can manage the keys and secrets or certificates which are stored in that vault. He can perform the tasks like auditing and monitoring and some other tasks which are useful to the vault. You can Assign a Dedicated Key Vault Administrator Role to a User in Azure.
- Certificates: You can store the certificates like SSL and TSL which are used for web applications.
Microsoft Azure – Using Azure Key Vaults
To use secure configuration for Azure Functions with Azure Key Vault. You can secure secrets in Azure Key Vault and read them easily in an Azure Function. Azure Key Vault is a cloud service for securely storing and accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, or cryptographic keys.