In continuation of our Part 1 of our blog introducing Workload Identity for Azure AKS,this is Part 2 where will explore how to use Workload Identity with the Rafay's GitOps approach, enabling your Kubernetes pods to securely access Azure resources.
Although Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) allows you to deploy containerized workloads in a managed Kubernetes environment, developers still need to deal with the challenge of securely managing access to Azure resources (e.g. Key Vault or Azure Storage). Traditionally, secrets like API keys or service account credentials are used to authenticate and authorize workloads, but this approach presents security risks and operational overhead.
In Azure for AKS clusters, developers have access to something similar called Workload Identity. It is a modern, secure, and scalable way to manage access without the hassle of managing secrets. In this blog post, we'll dive deep into what Workload Identity is, how it works in AKS, and why it's a game-changer for Kubernetes clusters on Azure.
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In a related blog, we will see how users can achieve something similar in Amazon EKS clusters using EKS Pod Identity.