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Read a Secret from an Azure Key Vault in Azure Pipelines

You are deploying a database and application using Azure DevOps, but you don't want to store the database passwords within the repo or within the pipeline. Use Azure Key Vault in the release pipeline to read a secret for the deployment.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 30m
Published
Clock icon Sep 01, 2021

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create an Azure DevOps Organization

    Create a new Azure DevOps organization and create a project called MyFirstProject.

  2. Challenge

    Create a Build Pipeline

    Import the code for the lab located here: https://github.com/ACloudGuru-Resources/content-az400-lab-resources.git

    Create a pipeline using the keyvault branch.

    This lab requires the use of a self-hosted agent. Instructions can be found here: Self-Hosted Agent Instructions.

    Make sure that that pipeline is using the self-hosted agent.

  3. Challenge

    Create an Azure Key Vault

    Create an Azure Key Vault and then create a secret. The secret should be called sqldbpassword, and the value can be any strong password you choose.

    Note: The password must be at least 8 characters in length and must contain upper and lowercase letters, a number, and a symbol.

  4. Challenge

    Create a Release Pipeline

    Create a new release pipeline to deploy an Azure Web App that utilizes the Azure Key Vault secret.

    Make sure that that pipeline is using the self-hosted agent.

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