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Sep 14, 2017 A couple of weeks back I was messing around with the Azure Key Vault looking to centralise a bunch of credentials for my ever-growing list of Azure Functions that are automating numerous tasks. What I found was getting an Azure Key Vault setup and getting credentials in and out was a little more cumbersome than what I thought it should be.
Note: Azure Key Vault now support Certificates as a first class citizen. Check out the post, Manage Certificates in Azure Key Vault for more details.
You can use PFX certificate’s along with Azure Key Vault in multiple ways, depending on your use case. You can import the PFX as a Key into Key Vault and use it just like you would use any other key or save it as a Secret and retrieve it as required. In this post I will explain how this is done.
Before I get into more details let’s take a moment to understand better the different file types used and what they represent.
- CER: Contains the public part of the certificate and usually distributed outside.
- PVK: Contains the Private key and securely stored
- PFX Camtasia 2 mac activation key generator. : Usually has public, private keys, other certificate chains and password protected.
To create a test certificate for this sample I will use makecert and pvktopfx utilities. Alternatively, you could also use any existing certificate.
The -sky exchange sets the Subject Key Type to Exchange and allows encrypting/decrypting values using the certificate.
The makecert creates the CER and PVK, the public/private key files which gets combined into a single PFX file using pvktopfx. Windows 7 ultmate product key generator.
Using the PFX Certificate to Encrypt and Decrypt
PFX files along with CER files allows to encrypt/decrypt data without the need for Key Vault. You can share the public key, CER, to your clients, who can then use it to encrypt data before sending it to the server. Using the private key, available in PFX, the server can decrypt this data
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Creating a Key in Key Vault from PFX file
Now that I am able to use the PFX file (which essentially is a software-protected key) to encrypt/decrypt data, I will upload this to the Azure Key Vault so that it stays secure there. If you are new to Azure Key Vault and want to get started check my other posts.
To upload the PFX to Key Vault, you can use the Add-AzureKeyVaultKey PowerShell cmdlet and specify the PFX file path and password.
Using the unique key identifier, I can now access this key from PowerShell or using the Web API. You can still distribute the public key, CER, to your clients for encrypting the data and use the Azure Key Vault API to decrypt the data. Or use the Azure Key Vault to encrypt and decrypt the data.
The PFX file uploaded to the Key Vault is just like any other key vault key, the only difference being you give the public and private key. Once the key is created in Key Vault, the private part of the key stays secure within the Key Vault and is not accessible outside (except from the original PFX/PVK file).
Storing PFX file as a Secret
PFX files can also be stored as Secrets in Key Vault which allows you to retrieve and re-create the certificate as required. To add the certificate as a secret you can use the below PowerShell script (taken from here).
The script exports the certificate to a byte array and converts it to Base64 string representation and saves it to Key Vault as Secret using the Set-AzureKeyVaultSecret PowerShell cmdlet. You can export the certificate along with the password if required, so that when you recreate the certificate file, it will be password protected.
Key Vault System
To retrieve and re-create the certificate you can either use PowerShell or API as shown below
You can use the PFX certificate as earlier as a file or a certificate object. These are the various ways that you can use PFX certificated along with Key Vault.
Azure Key Vault Generate Password Windows 7
Hope this helps!
Getting a certificate from key vault using PowerShell – while it isn’t obvious also isn’t hard. I’m putting this sample code here for me to use as a reference – but feel free to use & adjust it as you want.
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A few key points first about certificates in Key Vault.
- BYO certificates when loaded into key vault are added using the *AzureKeyVaultCertificate* powershell cmdlets.
- Key Vault can generate self-signed certificates using the New-AzureKeyVaultCertificatePolicy cmdlet with ‘-IssuerName Self’ and the Add-AzureKeyVaultCertificate cmdlet
- Private Certificates can then be accessed using the Get-AzureKeyVaultSecret cmdlet
- Public Certificates can then be accessed using the Get-AzureKeyVaultKey cmdlet.
- Access to run each cmdlet is governed through a range of access policies. E.g. ‘Get’ rights on ‘secret’ objects lets you get a secret (e.g. by running Get-AzureKeyVaultSecret with ’-name’), and ‘List’ rights on ‘key’ objects lets you list the keys (e.g. by running Get-AzureKeyVaultKey without ’-name’).
- the below script assumes that you have authenticated to Key Vault and have permissions for the get operation.
anyway. some code to get private certificates and make them available for a few difference purposes (the main point of this post):
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While the above example is for getting a private certificate, getting a public certificate is similar & simpler. (use Get-AzureKeyVaultKey instead / a slight change to the flags if importing it locally / no need to encrypt if exporting to a .CER file).
Azure Key Vault Generate Secret
As always – please let me know if you have any questions or comments – that’s how I learn.