npx skills add ...
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill azure-identity-ts
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill azure-identity-ts
Authenticate to Azure services using Azure Identity library for JavaScript (@azure/identity). Use when configuring authentication with DefaultAzureCredential, managed identity, service principals, or interactive browser login.
Authentication library for Azure SDK clients using Microsoft Entra ID.
See DefaultAzureCredential overview for the current credential chain order and defaults.
DefaultAzureCredential for local development; use ManagedIdentityCredential or WorkloadIdentityCredential for productionAZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant-id>
AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id>
AZURE_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_PATH=/path/to/cert.pem
AZURE_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD=<optional-password>AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant-id>
AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id>
AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN_FILE=/var/run/secrets/tokens/azure-identityimport { DefaultAzureCredential, ManagedIdentityCredential } from "@azure/identity";
// Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>
const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential({requiredEnvVars: ["AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS"]});
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/javascript/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-node-latest#credential-classes
// const credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential();
// Use with any Azure SDK client
import { BlobServiceClient } from "@azure/storage-blob";
const blobClient = new BlobServiceClient(
"https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net",
credential
);import { ManagedIdentityCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential();const credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential({
clientId: "<user-assigned-client-id>"
});const credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential({
resourceId: "/subscriptions/<sub>/resourceGroups/<rg>/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/<name>"
});const credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential({
objectId: "<user-assigned-object-id>"
});import { ClientSecretCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new ClientSecretCredential(
"<tenant-id>",
"<client-id>",
"<client-secret>"
);import { ClientCertificateCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new ClientCertificateCredential(
"<tenant-id>",
"<client-id>",
{ certificatePath: "/path/to/cert.pem" }
);
// With password
const credentialWithPwd = new ClientCertificateCredential(
"<tenant-id>",
"<client-id>",
{
certificatePath: "/path/to/cert.pem",
certificatePassword: "<password>"
}
);import { InteractiveBrowserCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new InteractiveBrowserCredential({
clientId: "<client-id>",
tenantId: "<tenant-id>",
loginHint: "user@example.com"
});import { DeviceCodeCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new DeviceCodeCredential({
clientId: "<client-id>",
tenantId: "<tenant-id>",
userPromptCallback: (info) => {
console.log(info.message);
// "To sign in, use a web browser to open..."
}
});import {
ChainedTokenCredential,
ManagedIdentityCredential,
AzureCliCredential
} from "@azure/identity";
// Try managed identity first, fall back to CLI
const credential = new ChainedTokenCredential(
new ManagedIdentityCredential(),
new AzureCliCredential()
);import { useIdentityPlugin, VisualStudioCodeCredential } from "@azure/identity";
import { vsCodePlugin } from "@azure/identity-vscode";
useIdentityPlugin(vsCodePlugin);
const credential = new VisualStudioCodeCredential();import { AzureCliCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new AzureCliCredential();
// Uses: az loginimport { AzureDeveloperCliCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new AzureDeveloperCliCredential();
// Uses: azd auth loginimport { AzurePowerShellCredential } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new AzurePowerShellCredential();
// Uses: Connect-AzAccountimport { ClientSecretCredential, AzureAuthorityHosts } from "@azure/identity";
// Azure Government
const credential = new ClientSecretCredential(
"<tenant>", "<client>", "<secret>",
{ authorityHost: AzureAuthorityHosts.AzureGovernment }
);
// Azure China
const credentialChina = new ClientSecretCredential(
"<tenant>", "<client>", "<secret>",
{ authorityHost: AzureAuthorityHosts.AzureChina }
);import { DefaultAzureCredential, getBearerTokenProvider } from "@azure/identity";
const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential({requiredEnvVars: ["AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS"]});
// Create a function that returns tokens
const getAccessToken = getBearerTokenProvider(
credential,
"https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default"
);
// Use with APIs that need bearer tokens
const token = await getAccessToken();import type {
TokenCredential,
AccessToken,
GetTokenOptions
} from "@azure/core-auth";
import {
DefaultAzureCredential,
DefaultAzureCredentialOptions,
ManagedIdentityCredential,
ClientSecretCredential,
ClientCertificateCredential,
InteractiveBrowserCredential,
ChainedTokenCredential,
AzureCliCredential,
AzurePowerShellCredential,
AzureDeveloperCliCredential,
DeviceCodeCredential,
AzureAuthorityHosts
} from "@azure/identity";import type { TokenCredential, AccessToken, GetTokenOptions } from "@azure/core-auth";
class CustomCredential implements TokenCredential {
async getToken(
scopes: string | string[],
options?: GetTokenOptions
): Promise<AccessToken | null> {
// Custom token acquisition logic
return {
token: "<access-token>",
expiresOnTimestamp: Date.now() + 3600000
};
}
}import { setLogLevel, AzureLogger } from "@azure/logger";
setLogLevel("verbose");
// Custom log handler
AzureLogger.log = (...args) => {
console.log("[Azure]", ...args);
};