services	platforms	author
key-vault	python	schaabs

Authentication samples for Azure Key Vault using the Azure Python SDK

This Sample repo includes sample code demonstrating common mechanism for authenticating to an Azure Key Vault vault.

Samples in this repo

authentication_sample.py
- auth_using_service_principle_credentials -- authenticates to an Azure Key Vault vault using AAD service principle credentials
- auth_using_adal_callback -- authenticates to an Azure Key Vault vault by providing a callback to authenticate using adal

Running The samples

If you don't already have it, install Python.
We recommend using a virtual environment to run this example, but it's not mandatory. You can initialize a virtual environment this way:
```
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv mytestenv
cd mytestenv
source bin/activate
```

Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/key-vault-python-authentication.git

Install the dependencies using pip.

cd key-vault-python-authentication
pip install -r requirements.txt

Create an Azure service principal, using Azure CLI, PowerShell or Azure Portal.

Export these environment variables into your current shell.

export AZURE_TENANT_ID={your tenant id}
export AZURE_CLIENT_ID={your service principal AppID}
export AZURE_CLIENT_OID={your service principal OID}
export AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET={your application key}
export AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID={your subscription id}

Run the samples, optionally specifying a space delimited list of specific samples to run.
```
python run_all_samples.py [samplename[ samplename...]]
```

Minimum Requirements

Python 2.7, 3.3, or 3.4. To install Python, please go to https://www.python.org/downloads/

More information

What is Key Vault? - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/key-vault-whatis
Get started with Azure Key Vault - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/key-vault-get-started
Azure Key Vault General Documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/
Azure Key Vault REST API Reference - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/keyvault/
Azure SDK for Python Documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/python/api/overview/azure/key-vault?view=azure-python
Azure Active Directory Documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/

Contributing