Managed identities for Azure resources
Platform-managed workload identity that lets an Azure resource acquire Microsoft Entra tokens without storing any credential.
- Provider
- azure
- Category
- Security
- Official docs
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview
- Also known as
- MSI
| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| authorizationModel | enum | none | rbac | abac | rebac | no | rbac | ▸ rbac |
| centralised | boolean | — | no | true | ▸ true |
| credentialsPlatformManaged | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| federatedIdentityCredential | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| identityType | enum | system-assigned | user-assigned | no | — | inherited |
| managed | boolean | — | no | true | ▸ true |
| mfa | boolean | — | no | false | ▸ false |
| protocol | enum | oidc | saml | oauth2 | iam | custom | no | oidc | ▸ oauth2 |
| rbacAssignmentRequired | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
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and 7 more → Identity provider page# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json # Managed identities for Azure resources: a workload identity on an Azure compute resource that acquires # Microsoft Entra tokens without a secret. "Managed identities for Azure resources": credentials are managed # by the platform and are not accessible to you, access is granted through Azure RBAC role assignments, and # use as a federated identity credential on an Entra ID app is an opt-in (limit of 20 per app). schemaVersion: "1" type: "component" id: "azure-managed-identity" kind: "identity-provider" provider: "azure" docs: "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview" aliases: ["MSI"] defaults: protocol: "oauth2" authorizationModel: "rbac" centralised: true managed: true mfa: false properties: identityType: type: "enum" values: ["system-assigned", "user-assigned"] credentialsPlatformManaged: type: "boolean" default: true rbacAssignmentRequired: type: "boolean" default: true federatedIdentityCredential: type: "boolean" default: false