Azure Key Vault
An Azure service that is used to manage and protect cryptographic keys and other secrets used by cloud apps and services.
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Accessing Azure Key Vault via Ansible reports an error.
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Aloysio Coutinho
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I have an Ansible playbook that connects to a Windows 2019 server via WinRM, transport NTLM.
I log into the machine without any problems, I execute processes remotely through Ansible and Powershell modules.
When I run a search for an SSL certificate in Azure Key Vault (Get-AzKeyVaultCertificate for example) it reports a connection error, even though I have already run a successful Connect-AzAccount.
In order for me to successfully execute my playbook, I need to access the server and log in to it. Once this is done, the playbook runs smoothly.
Could anyone tell me where this "blockage" is and how to solve this problem?
Azure Key Vault
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Aloysio Coutinho 0 Reputation points
2023-12-15T14:54:49.8033333+00:00 This is the error.
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Ravi Kanth Koppala 3,391 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator2023-12-16T02:54:03.68+00:00 The issue you are facing might be related to the fact that the Azure Key Vault module requires an interactive login to authenticate. Since you are using WinRM to connect to the Windows server, it is not possible to perform an interactive login. One solution to this problem is to use a service principal to authenticate to Azure instead of an interactive login.
To use a service principal, you need to create one in Azure and then use its credentials to authenticate. You can then grant the service principal access to the Azure Key Vault. Once this is done, you can use the Azure Key Vault module to access the certificates.
Here are the high-level steps to use a service principal to authenticate to Azure:
- Create a service principal in Azure.
- Grant the service principal access to the Azure Key Vault.
- Use the service principal's credentials to authenticate to Azure.
For more detailed information on how to create a service principal and grant it access to the Azure Key Vault, please refer to the "Create a Key Vault" and "Create a self-signed certificate" sections of the "Setting up WinRM access for Virtual Machines in Azure Resource Manager" article, as well as the "Creating a service principal in Azure" and "Create an Azure Resource Manager service connection" articles.
If the suggestion doesn't solve your problem. Can you please explain the question in detail (and paste the error as text rather than image) so that the community can help you? Thanks.
References:
- Setting up WinRM access for Virtual Machines in Azure Resource Manager
- Creating a service principal in Azure
- Create an Azure Resource Manager service connection
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