Linux VM: Mount smb volumes with credentials in key vault

Ed Greenberg 1 Reputation point
2023-03-09T13:29:53.2866667+00:00

Using Ubuntu 20.04 on Azure VM. I currently mount my smb volumes using a reference to /etc/smbcredentials/filename.cred. It would be better if I could get the credentials from my key vault. I can't figure out how to do this. Any ideas?

Thanks, Ed

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  1. Kristoffer 11 Reputation points
    2023-03-10T10:18:20.7633333+00:00

    There are several ways to do this,

    The simplest way is using the System Assigned identity of the Ubuntu VM in Azure,

    Allow that user ID access to the key-vault secrets.

    Store the credentials in the key-vault

    Use a script to retrieve and use the KV secret as credentials to mount the volume