In this article, you will learn how to implement Azure Key Vault using the Azure portal. Azure Key Vault is a cloud based key management solution that helps secure cryptographic keys, passwords, and certificates that can be stored in a vault.
- Go to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com and use your Microsoft credential to sign in to the Azure portal.
- Then In the Search box, use the keywords to search the Azure Key Vault
- And then choose the Key Vault
Select Create Key Vault
You have to provide the following information to create a key vault,
- Subscription: choose your Azure subscription
- Resource Group: Create a new or use an existing resource group
- Key vault Name: Provide the unique name
- Region: Select your Azure region
- Pricing tier: Azure Key Vault service is offered in two service tiers, standard and premium. You can choose either one as per your resources required.
- The standard tier encrypts with a software key.
- Premium tier encrypts with a software key and hardware security module (HSM)-protected keys.
And then keep the rest as defaults then, select Review + Create,
Then select Create
Azure Key Vault is created
Then Go to recourse, and you can generate or import the Keys, Secret, and Certificates.