---
layout: api
page_title: Azure - Secrets Engines - HTTP API
description: This is the API documentation for the Vault Azure secrets engine.
---

# Azure secrets engine (API)

This is the API documentation for the Vault Azure
secrets engine. For general information about the usage and operation of
the Azure secrets engine, please see the main [Azure secrets documentation][docs].

This documentation assumes the Azure secrets engine is enabled at the `/azure` path
in Vault. Since it is possible to mount secrets engines at any path, please
update your API calls accordingly.

## Configure access

Configures the credentials required for the plugin to perform API calls
to Azure. These credentials will be used to query roles and create/delete
service principals. Environment variables will override any parameters set in the config.

You can configure the secrets engine with account credentials or using
plugin workload identity federation (WIF).

| Method | Path            |
| :----- | :-------------- |
| `POST` | `/azure/config` |

- `subscription_id` (`string: <required>`) - The subscription id for the Azure Active Directory.
  This value can also be provided with the AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID environment variable.
- `tenant_id` (`string: <required>`) - The tenant id for the Azure Active Directory.
  This value can also be provided with the AZURE_TENANT_ID environment variable.
- `client_id` (`string:""`) - The OAuth2 client id to connect to Azure. This value can also be provided
  with the AZURE_CLIENT_ID environment variable. See [authentication](/vault/docs/secrets/azure#authentication) for more details.
- `client_secret` (`string:""`) - The OAuth2 client secret to connect to Azure. This value can also be
  provided with the AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET environment variable. See [authentication](/vault/docs/secrets/azure#authentication) for more details.
  Mutually exclusive with `identity_token_audience`.
- `identity_token_audience` `(string: "")` - <EnterpriseAlert product="vault" inline /> The
  audience claim value for plugin identity tokens. Must match the allowed audiences configured
  for the target [Federated Identity Credential](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/workload-id/workload-identity-federation-create-trust?pivots=identity-wif-apps-methods-azp#configure-a-federated-identity-credential-on-an-app).
  Mutually exclusive with `client_secret`.
- `identity_token_ttl` `(string/int: 3600)` - <EnterpriseAlert product="vault" inline /> The
  TTL of generated tokens. Defaults to 1 hour. Uses [duration format strings](/vault/docs/concepts/duration-format).
- `environment` (`string:""`) - The Azure environment. This value can also be provided with the AZURE_ENVIRONMENT
  environment variable. If not specified, Vault will use Azure Public Cloud.
- `root_password_ttl` `(string: 182d)` - Specifies how long the root password is valid for in Azure when
  rotate-root generates a new client secret. Uses [duration format strings](/vault/docs/concepts/duration-format).

### Sample payload

```json
{
  "subscription_id": "94ca80...",
  "tenant_id": "d0ac7e...",
  "client_id": "e607c4...",
  "client_secret": "9a6346...",
  "environment": "AzureGermanCloud",
  "root_password_ttl": "48d"
}
```

### Sample request

<Tabs>
<Tab heading="cURL">

```shell-session
$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/azure/config
```

</Tab>
<Tab heading="CLI">

```shell-session
$ vault write azure/config \
    subscription_id="94ca80..." \
    tenant_id="d0ac7e...",
    client_id="e607c4...",
    client_secret="9a6346...",
    environment="AzureGermanCloud",
```

</Tab>
</Tabs>

## Read config

Return the stored configuration, omitting `client_secret`.

| Method | Path            |
| :----- | :-------------- |
| `GET`  | `/azure/config` |

### Sample request

<Tabs>
<Tab heading="cURL">

```shell-session
$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request GET \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/azure/config
```

</Tab>
<Tab heading="CLI">

```shell-session
$ vault read azure/config
```

</Tab>
</Tabs>

### Sample response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "subscription_id": "94ca80...",
    "tenant_id": "d0ac7e...",
    "client_id": "e607c4...",
    "environment": "AzureGermanCloud"
  },
  ...
}
```

## Delete config

Deletes the stored Azure configuration and credentials.

| Method   | Path            |
| :------- | :-------------- |
| `DELETE` | `/azure/config` |

### Sample request

<Tabs>
<Tab heading="cURL">

```shell-session
$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/azure/config
```

</Tab>
<Tab heading="CLI">

```shell-session
$ vault delete azure/config
```

</Tab>
</Tabs>

## Rotate root

This endpoint generates a new client secret for the root account defined in the config. The
value generated will only be known by Vault.

~> Due to the eventual consistency of Microsoft Azure client secret APIs, the plugin
may briefly stop authenticating to Azure as the password propagates through their
datacenters.

| Method | Path                 |
| :----- | :------------------- |
| `POST` | `/azure/rotate-root` |

### Parameters

There are no parameters to this operation.

### Sample request

```shell-session
$ curl \
  --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
  --request POST \
  http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/azure/rotate-root
```

## Create/Update role

Create or update a Vault role. Either `application_object_id` or
`azure_roles` must be provided, and these resources must exist for this
call to succeed. See the Azure secrets [roles docs][roles] for more
information about roles.

| Method | Path                 |
| :----- | :------------------- |
| `POST` | `/azure/roles/:name` |

### Parameters

- `azure_roles` (`string: ""`) - List of Azure roles to be assigned to the generated service
  principal. The array must be in JSON format, properly escaped as a string. See [roles docs][roles]
  for details on role definition.
- `azure_groups` (`string: ""`) - List of Azure groups that the generated service principal will be
  assigned to. The array must be in JSON format, properly escaped as a string. See [groups docs][groups]
  for more details.
- `application_object_id` (`string: ""`) - Application Object ID for an existing service principal that will
  be used instead of creating dynamic service principals. If present, `azure_roles` will be ignored. See
  [roles docs][roles] for details on role definition.
- `persist_app` (`bool: "false"`) – If set to true, persists the created service principal and application for the lifetime of the role.
 Useful for when the Service Principal needs to maintain ownership of objects it creates
- `ttl` (`string: ""`) – Specifies the default TTL for service principals generated using this role.
  Accepts time suffixed strings ("1h") or an integer number of seconds. Defaults to the system/engine default TTL time.
- `max_ttl` (`string: ""`) – Specifies the maximum TTL for service principals generated using this role. Accepts time
  suffixed strings ("1h") or an integer number of seconds. Defaults to the system/engine max TTL time.
- `explicit_max_ttl` (`string: ""`) – Specifies the explicit maximum lifetime of the lease and service principal.
  If not set or set to 0, will use the system default (10 years).
- `permanently_delete` (`bool: false`) - Specifies whether to permanently delete Applications and Service Principals that are dynamically
  created by Vault. If `application_object_id` is present, `permanently_delete` must be `false`.
- `sign_in_audience` (`string: ""`) - Specifies the security principal types that are allowed to sign in to the application.
  Valid values are: AzureADMyOrg, AzureADMultipleOrgs, AzureADandPersonalMicrosoftAccount, PersonalMicrosoftAccount.
- `tags` (`string: ""`) - A comma-separated string of Azure tags to attach to an application.

### Sample payload

```json
{
  "azure_roles": "[
    {
      \"role_name\": \"Contributor\",
      \"scope\":  \"/subscriptions/<uuid>/resourceGroups/Website\"
    },
    {
      \"role_id\": \"/subscriptions/<uuid>/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/<uuid>\",
      \"scope\":  \"/subscriptions/<uuid>\"
    }
  ]",
  "ttl": 3600,
  "max_ttl": "24h",
  "sign_in_audience": "AzureADMyOrg",
  "tags": "team:engineering, environment:development"
}
```

### Sample request

```shell-session
$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request POST \
    --data @payload.json \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/azure/roles/my-role
```

## List roles

Lists all of the roles that are registered with the plugin.

| Method | Path           |
| :----- | :------------- |
| `LIST` | `/azure/roles` |

### Sample request

<Tabs>
<Tab heading="cURL">

```shell-session
$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request LIST \
    https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/azure/roles
```

</Tab>
<Tab heading="CLI">

```shell-session
$ vault list azure/roles
```

</Tab>
</Tabs>

### Sample response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "keys": ["my-role-one", "my-role-two"]
  }
}
```

## Delete role

This endpoint deletes an existing role by the given name. If the role does not
exist, a 404 is returned.

| Method   | Path               |
| :------- | :----------------- |
| `DELETE` | `/azure/roles/:name` |

### Parameters

- `name` `(string: <required>)` – Specifies the name of the role to delete. This
  is part of the request URL.

### Sample request

```shell-session
$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request DELETE \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/azure/roles/example-role
```

## Generate credentials

This endpoint generates a new service principal based on the named role.

| Method | Path                 |
| :----- | :------------------- |
| `GET`  | `/azure/creds/:name` |

### Parameters

- `name` (`string: <required>`) - Specifies the name of the role to create credentials against.

### Sample request

<Tabs>
<Tab heading="cURL">

```shell-session
$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/azure/creds/my-role
```

</Tab>
<Tab heading="CLI">

```shell-session
$ vault read azure/creds/my-role
```

</Tab>
</Tabs>

### Sample response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "client_id": "408bf248-dd4e-4be5-919a-7f6207a307ab",
    "client_secret": "9PfdaDP9qcf98ggw8WSttfVreFcN4q9c4m4x",
    ...
  }
}
```

## Revoking/Renewing secrets

See docs on how to [renew](/vault/api-docs/system/leases#renew-lease) and [revoke](/vault/api-docs/system/leases#revoke-lease) leases.

[docs]: /vault/docs/secrets/azure
[roles]: /vault/docs/secrets/azure#roles
[groups]: /vault/docs/secrets/azure#azure-groups
