az ad sp credential

Manage a service principal's password or certificate credentials.

Commands

Name Description Type Status
az ad sp credential delete

Delete a service principal's password or certificate credentials.

Core GA
az ad sp credential list

List a service principal's password or certificate credential metadata. (The content of the password or certificate credential is not retrievable.).

Core GA
az ad sp credential reset

Reset a service principal's password or certificate credentials.

Core GA

az ad sp credential delete

Delete a service principal's password or certificate credentials.

az ad sp credential delete --id
                           --key-id
                           [--cert]

Examples

Delete a service principal's password credential

az ad sp credential delete --id 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --key-id xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

Delete a service principal's certificate credential

az ad sp credential delete --id 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --key-id xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx --cert

Required Parameters

--id

Service principal name, or object id.

--key-id

Credential key id.

Optional Parameters

--cert

Operate on certificate credentials.

default value: False
Global Parameters
--debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

--help -h

Show this help message and exit.

--only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

--output -o

Output format.

accepted values: json, jsonc, none, table, tsv, yaml, yamlc
default value: json
--query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

--subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

--verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.

az ad sp credential list

List a service principal's password or certificate credential metadata. (The content of the password or certificate credential is not retrievable.).

az ad sp credential list --id
                         [--cert]

Examples

List a service principal's password credentials

az ad sp credential list --id 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

List a service principal's certificate credentials

az ad sp credential list --id 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --cert

Required Parameters

--id

Service principal name, or object id.

Optional Parameters

--cert

Operate on certificate credentials.

default value: False
Global Parameters
--debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

--help -h

Show this help message and exit.

--only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

--output -o

Output format.

accepted values: json, jsonc, none, table, tsv, yaml, yamlc
default value: json
--query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

--subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

--verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.

az ad sp credential reset

Reset a service principal's password or certificate credentials.

By default, this command clears all passwords and keys, and let graph service generate a password credential.

The output includes credentials that you must protect. Be sure that you do not include these credentials in your code or check the credentials into your source control. As an alternative, consider using managed identities if available to avoid the need to use credentials.

az ad sp credential reset --id
                          [--append]
                          [--cert]
                          [--create-cert]
                          [--display-name]
                          [--end-date]
                          [--keyvault]
                          [--years]

Examples

Reset a service principal's credential with a password

az ad sp credential reset --id 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

Reset a service principal's credential with a new self-signed certificate

az ad sp credential reset --id 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --create-cert

Append a certificate to the service principal with the certificate string.

az ad sp credential reset --id 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --cert "MIICoT..." --append

Append a certificate to the service principal with the certificate file.

az ad sp credential reset --id 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 --cert "@~/cert.pem" --append
`cert.pem` contains the following content
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----  <<< this line is optional
MIICoT...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----    <<< this line is optional

Required Parameters

--id

Service principal name, or object id.

Optional Parameters

--append

Append the new credential instead of overwriting.

default value: False
--cert

Certificate to use for credentials. When used with --keyvault,, indicates the name of the cert to use or create. Otherwise, supply a PEM or DER formatted public certificate string. Use @{path} to load from a file. Do not include private key info.

--create-cert

Create a self-signed certificate to use for the credential. Only the current OS user has read/write permission to this certificate. Use with --keyvault to create the certificate in Key Vault. Otherwise, a certificate will be created locally.

default value: False
--display-name

Friendly name for the credential.

--end-date

Finer grain of expiry time if '--years' is insufficient, e.g. '2020-12-31T11:59:59+00:00' or '2299-12-31'.

--keyvault

Name or ID of a KeyVault to use for creating or retrieving certificates.

--years

Number of years for which the credentials will be valid. Default: 1 year.

Global Parameters
--debug

Increase logging verbosity to show all debug logs.

--help -h

Show this help message and exit.

--only-show-errors

Only show errors, suppressing warnings.

--output -o

Output format.

accepted values: json, jsonc, none, table, tsv, yaml, yamlc
default value: json
--query

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

--subscription

Name or ID of subscription. You can configure the default subscription using az account set -s NAME_OR_ID.

--verbose

Increase logging verbosity. Use --debug for full debug logs.