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Create a Key Vault with Purge Protection Enabled in Azure

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Key Vault is an azure cloud service that is used to manage keys, secrets, and certificates. This cloud-based service eliminates the need for admins or operators or developers to store security information in their code environments. It will allow users to centralize the storage of customers’ application secrets which greatly reduces the chances of a breach. In this article, you will be learning about azure key vault creation with purge protection enabled from Azure Portal.

 Steps For Implementation:

Step 1. Log in to Azure Portal with your Active Azure Account.

Step 2. Access Key Vault or Type in Search “Key vaults” from the Azure global search.

Azure Portal

 

Step 3. Click on + Create to create a New Key Vault.

Key Vaults

 

Step 4. give the required basic details like subscription, resource group, Key vault name, location, and pricing tier: Standard/Premium to manage resources and cost.

create Key Vault

 

Step 5. Days to retain deleted vaults should be configured between 7 to 90 days. When the purge protection is enabled, secrets cannot be deleted or removed by users or by Microsoft.

 

Step 6: Select Role Based Access Control to grant access at a specific scope level by assigning appropriate Azure roles >> Click on “Next”

 

Step 7: Skip or set up Networking and add Tags of choice. once are done. Click on the “Review + Create” button for resource validation. Finally, check all the key vault creation details >> click on the “Create” button to proceed. 

 

Now we can use this Key Vault to retain deleted vaults in case of accidental deletion. To know more about the use case scenario check out this article Microsoft Azure – Using Azure Key Vaults.


Last Updated : 30 Mar, 2023
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