13.4 Add Secret to KV

Task 4: Add a Secret to Key Vault

  1. Switch back to the Cloud Shell pane.

  2. In the PowerShell session within the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to create a variable with a secure string value:

    $secretvalue = ConvertTo-SecureString 'Pa55w.rd1234' -AsPlainText -Force

  3. In the PowerShell session within the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to add the secret to the vault:

    $secret = Set-AZKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $kv.VaultName -Name 'SQLPassword' -SecretValue $secretvalue

    Note: The name of the secret is SQLPassword.

  4. In the PowerShell session within the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to verify the secret was created.

    Get-AZKeyVaultSecret -VaultName $kv.VaultName

  5. Minimize the Cloud Shell pane.

  6. In the Azure portal, navigate back to the Key Vault blade, in the Settings section, click Secrets.

  7. In the list of secrets, click the SQLPassword entry and then, on the SQLPassword blade, click the entry representing the current version of the secret.

    Note: Examine the information about the secret you created.

    Note: To get the most current version of a secret, reference https://<key_vault_name>.vault.azure.net/secrets/<secret_name> or get a specific version, reference https://<key_vault_name>.vault.azure.net/secrets/<secret_name>/<secret_version>