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  Azure Method for Vault Agent Auto-Auth
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# Vault Agent Auto-Auth Azure Method 

The `azure` method reads in Azure instance credentials and uses them to
authenticate with the [Azure Auth
method](https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/auth/azure.html). It reads most
parameters needed for authentication directly from instance information based
on the value of the `resource` parameter.

## Configuration

- `role` `(string: required)` - The role to authenticate against on Vault

- `resource` `(string: required)` - The resource name to use when getting instance information