Azure credentials

This topic lists required settings and other details for the following types of Azure credentials:

• Azure device credential

• Azure device credential model with symmetric key

• Azure service principal certificate

• Azure service principal secret

• Azure shared access key

• Azure shared access signature

Azure device credential

This is a device credential used to access an Azure IoT Hub.

Required settings:

• Name

• Device ID

• Device Key

Used by this external service: Azure IoT Hub

Code example for Azure device credential:

Name: IoTDevice1
Device ID: Device001
Device Key: deviceKey123

Used by these flow modules

• Azure IoT Hub C2D Receiver

• Azure IoT Hub D2C Sender

Azure device credential model with symmetric key

This Azure key is used to establish Azure IoT Hub device credentials using symmetric keys.

Required settings

• Name

• Device Key

Used by this external service: Azure IoT Hub

Code example for Azure device credential model with symmetric key

Name: IoTDeviceSymmetric
Device Key: symmetricKey123

Used by these flow modules

• Azure IoT Hub C2D Receiver

• Azure IoT Hub D2C Sender

Azure Service Principal certificate

This certificate is used to establish Azure service principal credentials.

Required settings

• Name

• Public Key [PEM] (Client/App Certificate)

• Private Key [PEM] (Client/App Private Key)

• Application ID

• Directory ID

Used by this external service: Azure Active Directory

Code example: Azure Service Principal certificate

Name: AzureSPCert

Public Key: [public key data]
Private Key: [private key data]
Application ID: appId123
Directory ID: dirId123

Used by these flow modules

• Azure Blob Storage

• Azure DataLake Writer

• Azure Event Grid Publisher

• Azure Event Hubs Consumer

• Azure Event Hubs Publisher

• Azure Queue Storage

Azure Service Principal secret

This is an Azure service principal credential that uses a secret to access resources.

Required settings

• Name

• Secret Value

• Application ID

• Directory ID

Used by this external service: Azure Active Directory

Code example for Azure Service Principal secret:

Name: AzureSPSecret
Secret Value: secret123
Application ID: appId123
Directory ID: dirId123

Used by these flow module:

• Azure Blob Storage

• Azure DataLake Writer

• Azure Event Grid Publisher

• Azure Event Hubs Consumer

• Azure Event Hubs Publisher

• Azure Queue Storage

Azure shared access key

This is a shared access key for Azure services.

Required settings:

• Name

• Azure Shared Access Key

Used by these external Services: Azure Storage and Event Hubs

Code example for Azure shared access key

Name: AzureSharedKey
Azure Shared Access Key: sharedKey123

Used by these flow modules:

• Azure Event Grid Publisher

• Azure Event Hubs Consumer

• Azure Event Hubs Publisher

Azure shared access signature

This uses a shared access signature to access Azure services.

Required settings:

• Name

• Azure Shared Access Signature

Used by these external services: Azure Storage and Event Hubs

Code example for Azure shared access signature

Name: AzureSAS
Azure Shared Access Signature: sv=2019-12-12&ss=b&srt=sco&sp=rwdlacx&se=2024-12-12T23:59:59Z&st=2022-01-01T00:00:00Z&spr=https&sig=exampleSignature

Used by these flow modules:

• Azure Blob Storage

• Azure DataLake Writer

• Azure Event Grid Publisher

• Azure Event Hubs Consumer

• Azure Event Hubs Publisher

• Azure Queue Storage

• Azure IoT Hub C2D Receiver

• Azure IoT Hub D2C Sender