Is it possible to connect use dedicated gateway and integrated cache with managed identity from python sdk

Abhit Pahwa 0

I wanted to connect from azure function (python) to azure cosmos nosql database with managed identity credential. As far as I understand from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/how-to-configure-integrated-cache, I did not find anything apart from connection strings.

With following code, I am able to work with cosmosdb account URL, but there are no hits on integrated cache:

cosmos_uri = get_cosmos_url(environment)
credential = ManagedIdentityCredential(client_id=os.environ["AZURE_CLIENT_ID"])
client = CosmosClient(cosmos_uri,credential)

It is mentioned to send consistency level with each request for python SDK, but I cannot find any option to do so in https://azuresdkdocs.blob.core.windows.net/$web/python/azure-cosmos/4.7.0/azure.cosmos.html

Kindly guide.

Mahesh Kurva 240 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-26T20:41:49.8433333+00:00
Hi @Abhit Pahwa,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A and thank you for posting your questions here.

As I understand you are trying to connect to Azure Cosmos DB from an Azure Function (Python) using managed identity credential.

You are correct that the documentation you referred to only mentions connection strings.

However, you can still use managed identity credential to authenticate your Azure Function to Azure Cosmos DB.

For more information, please refer the document:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/msal/python/advanced/managed-identity?source=recommendations

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/nosql/how-to-python-get-started?tabs=env-virtual%2Cazure-cli%2Cwindows#connect-using-the-microsoft-identity-platform-recommended

To set the consistency level for each request, you can specify it in the CosmosClient initialization.

from azure.cosmos import ConsistencyLevel # Create a CosmosClient with a specified consistency level client = CosmosClient(cosmos_uri, credential, consistency_level=ConsistencyLevel.SESSION)

For more information, please refer the document: consistency level.

I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.
Mahesh Kurva 240 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-27T21:44:50.5733333+00:00

Hi @Abhit Pahwa,

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. In case if you have any resolution please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.
Mahesh Kurva 240 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-30T21:47:54.5366667+00:00

Hi @Abhit Pahwa,

Just following up to see if you’ve had a chance to look into it further.In case if you have any resolution please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.

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