Azure SDK for Node Authentication

May 10, 2019 1 min read azure, sdk

Written in 2019. Tools, APIs and prices may have changed since.

Lab note What I wrote down while learning this by building with it. Short by design; the code is in pfeilbr/azure-sdk-for-node-authentication-playground.

learn authentication methods for azure sdk for nodejs

Service Principal Authentication

Based on azure-sdk-for-node/Documentation/Authentication.md

clientId, secret, and domain are defined in .env. Copy .env.sample to .env and populate with values via the following steps.
getting clientId and domain
run az ad sp list
getting / creating secret
navigate to Portal | Azure Active Directory | App registrations create new client secret if needed OR use existing

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