Azure · Security & Identity
Azure Key Vault
Secrets, keys and certs with HSM-backed options.
Official docsOverview
Key Vault stores secrets/keys/certificates with RBAC + access policies, soft-delete and purge protection.
When to use it
- CI secrets
- TLS cert management
- Test credentials
Setup
- Create vault.
- Assign `Key Vault Secrets User` role to consumers.
- Add secret via CLI or pipeline.
How to use
Read secret
az keyvault secret show --vault-name qa-kv --name stripe-test-key --query value -o tsvQA use cases
- Inject Playwright test credentials at runtime via Managed Identity.