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layout: docs
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page_title: Azure Key Vault - Seals - Configuration
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description: >-
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The Azure Key Vault seal configures Vault to use Azure Key Vault as the seal
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wrapping
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mechanism.
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---
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# `azurekeyvault` Seal
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The Azure Key Vault seal configures Vault to use Azure Key Vault as the seal
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wrapping mechanism. The Azure Key Vault seal is activated by one of the following:
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- The presence of a `seal "azurekeyvault"` block in Vault's configuration file.
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- The presence of the environment variable `VAULT_SEAL_TYPE` set to `azurekeyvault`.
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If enabling via environment variable, all other required values specific to
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Key Vault (i.e. `VAULT_AZUREKEYVAULT_VAULT_NAME`, etc.) must be also supplied, as
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well as all other Azure-related environment variables that lends to successful
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authentication (i.e. `AZURE_TENANT_ID`, etc.).
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## `azurekeyvault` Example
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This example shows configuring Azure Key Vault seal through the Vault
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configuration file by providing all the required values:
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```hcl
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seal "azurekeyvault" {
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tenant_id = "46646709-b63e-4747-be42-516edeaf1e14"
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client_id = "03dc33fc-16d9-4b77-8152-3ec568f8af6e"
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client_secret = "DUJDS3..."
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vault_name = "hc-vault"
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key_name = "vault_key"
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}
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```
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## `azurekeyvault` Parameters
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These parameters apply to the `seal` stanza in the Vault configuration file:
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- `tenant_id` `(string: <required>)`: The tenant id for the Azure Active Directory organization. May
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also be specified by the `AZURE_TENANT_ID` environment variable.
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- `client_id` `(string: <required or MSI>)`: The client id for credentials to query the Azure APIs.
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May also be specified by the `AZURE_CLIENT_ID` environment variable.
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- `client_secret` `(string: <required or MSI>)`: The client secret for credentials to query the Azure APIs.
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May also be specified by the `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET` environment variable.
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- `environment` `(string: "AZUREPUBLICCLOUD")`: The Azure Cloud environment API endpoints to use. May also
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be specified by the `AZURE_ENVIRONMENT` environment variable.
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- `vault_name` `(string: <required>)`: The Key Vault vault to use the encryption keys for encryption and
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decryption. May also be specified by the `VAULT_AZUREKEYVAULT_VAULT_NAME` environment variable.
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- `key_name` `(string: <required>)`: The Key Vault key to use for encryption and decryption. May also be specified by the
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`VAULT_AZUREKEYVAULT_KEY_NAME` environment variable.
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## Authentication
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Authentication-related values must be provided, either as environment
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variables or as configuration parameters.
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Azure authentication values:
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- `AZURE_TENANT_ID`
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- `AZURE_CLIENT_ID`
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- `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`
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- `AZURE_ENVIRONMENT`
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~> **Note:** If Vault is hosted on Azure, Vault can use Managed Service
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Identities (MSI) to access Azure instead of an environment and shared client id
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and secret. MSI must be
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[enabled](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-service-identity/qs-configure-portal-windows-vm)
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on the VMs hosting Vault, and it is the preferred configuration since MSI
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prevents your Azure credentials from being stored as clear text. Refer to the
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[Production
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Hardening](https://learn.hashicorp.com/vault/day-one/production-hardening) guide
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for more best practices.
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## `azurekeyvault` Environment Variables
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Alternatively, the Azure Key Vault seal can be activated by providing the following
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environment variables:
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- `VAULT_AZUREKEYVAULT_VAULT_NAME`
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- `VAULT_AZUREKEYVAULT_KEY_NAME`
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## Key Rotation
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This seal supports rotating keys defined in Azure Key Vault. Key metadata is
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stored with the encrypted data to ensure the correct key is used during
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decryption operations. Simply [set up Azure Key Vault with key
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rotation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/key-vault-key-rotation-log-monitoring)
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using Azure Automation Account and Vault will recognize newly rotated keys.
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## Learn
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Refer to the [Auto-unseal using Azure Key Vault](https://learn.hashicorp.com/vault/operations/autounseal-azure-keyvault)
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guide for a step-by-step tutorial.
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