Store and Retrieve Secrets using Azure Key Vault

eGIS uses Azure Key Vault to store secrets such as passwords. Only users who have been given access to a key vault can store and retrieve secrets from the key vault. This document describes how to store and retrieve secrets from an Azure Key Vault.

Retrieve a Secret using Azure Portal

1. Open the Microsoft Azure Portal.

2. In the search box, type Key Vault.

3. Click Key Vaults in the results list.
   

   

4. Click EgisKeyVault to open the eGIS key vault. EgisKeyVault is in the TC-Script-ArcGIS-RG resource group in the TC-Sandbox subscription.
   

   

5. Underneath Settings, click Secrets.
   

   

6. In the list of secrets, click the name of the secret that you want to retrieve.
   

   

7. Underneath Current Version, click the instance of the secret.
   

   

8. Click Show Secret Value to reveal the secret value. Alternatively, click the Copy icon to copy the secret’s value to the clipboard.
   

   

Create a Secret using Azure Portal

1. Follow steps 1 through 5 above to open the Secrets blade of EgisKeyVault.

2. Click Generate/Import.
   

   

3. Specify a Name and Value for the new secret.

4. Click Create.
   

   

The new secret is created in the key vault.