Is it possible to mount Azure file share using managed identity in Azure linux VM?

Question

Can we mount the Azure file share in Azure linux VM without any credentials in linux VM through Automation script?

Answer 1

@Bakkiya Nedumaran Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A. I understand that you want to use Managed Identity to mount Azure File Shares.

Managed Identity cannot be used for mounting Azure File Shares. Only options available are Shared Access Signature, Storage Account Name/Key or specify Storage Account connection string to connect to your File Service. If you wish, you can leave your Feedback in our Feedback channel. All the feedback you share in these forums will be monitored and reviewed by the Microsoft engineering teams responsible for building Azure and I will be reporting this feature to our team as well.

Please refer to these previous threads with a similar ask- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69619084/is-it-possible-to-connect-azure-file-share-storage-account-from-c-sharp-consol
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/595264/is-it-possible-to-connect-azure-file-share-storage.html
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/193121/can-we-use-managed-identity-to-connect-to-azure-fi.html

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Answer 2

Incorrect.

Cannot use an SAS on Azure Storage Account SMB file share.