Use Azure Portal To Create A Azure Key Vault

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

Use Azure Portal to Create a Azure Key Vault

Select Create Key Vault

Use Azure Portal to Create a Azure 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,

Use Azure Portal to Create a Azure Key Vault

Then select Create

Use Azure Portal to Create a Azure Key Vault

Azure Key Vault is created

Then Go to recourse, and you can generate or import the Keys, Secret, and Certificates.

Use Azure Portal to Create a Azure Key Vault