Integrate Azure App Configuration with Service Connector
This page shows the supported authentication types and client types of Azure App Configuration using Service Connector. You might still be able to connect to App Configuration in other programming languages without using Service Connector. You can learn more about the Service Connector environment variable naming convention.
Supported compute services
- Azure App Service
- Azure Container Apps
- Azure Spring Apps
Supported authentication types and client types
Supported authentication and clients for App Service, Container Apps and Azure Spring Apps:
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Default environment variable names or application properties
Use the connection details below to connect compute services to Azure App Configuration stores instances. For each example below, replace the placeholder texts
<App-Configuration-name>, <ID>, <secret>, <client-ID>, <client-secret>, and <tenant-ID> with your App Configuration store name, ID, secret, client ID, client secret and tenant ID.
Secret / connection string
| Default environment variable name | Description | Sample value |
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| AZURE_APPCONFIGURATION_CONNECTIONSTRING | Your App Configuration Connection String | Endpoint=https://<App-Configuration-name>.azconfig.io;Id=<ID>;Secret=<secret> |
System-assigned managed identity
| Default environment variable name | Description | Sample value |
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| AZURE_APPCONFIGURATION_ENDPOINT | App Configuration endpoint | https://<App-Configuration-name>.azconfig.io |
User-assigned managed identity
| Default environment variable name | Description | Sample value |
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| AZURE_APPCONFIGURATION_ENDPOINT | App Configuration Endpoint | https://App-Configuration-name>.azconfig.io |
| AZURE_APPCONFIGURATION_CLIENTID | Your client ID | <client-ID> |
Service principal
| Default environment variable name | Description | Sample value |
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| AZURE_APPCONFIGURATION_ENDPOINT | App Configuration Endpoint | https://<AppConfigurationName>.azconfig.io |
| AZURE_APPCONFIGURATION_CLIENTID | Your client ID | <client-ID> |
| AZURE_APPCONFIGURATION_CLIENTSECRET | Your client secret | <client-secret> |
| AZURE_APPCONFIGURATION_TENANTID | Your tenant ID | <tenant-ID> |
Next steps
Follow the tutorial listed below to learn more about Service Connector.
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