[Step by Step] Configure and Consume ‘Environment Variables’ of type ‘Secret’

In this article, lets learn the steps to configure Environment Variables of type ‘Secret’ using Azure Key Vault and fetch them from a simple Power Automate Cloud Flow .

• Azure Key Vault is a cloud-based service provided by Microsoft Azure that allows users to securely store and manage cryptographic keys, secrets, and certificates used for protecting sensitive data in cloud applications and services.
• A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, or cryptographic keys.

What is an Environment Variable:

• In simple words, an Environment Variable is a way to store and manage configuration values that can be used across multiple environments.
• One environment variable can be used across many different solution components – whether they’re the same type of component or different.
  • For example, a canvas app and a flow can use the same environment variable. When the value of the environment variable needs to change, you only need to change one value.

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Step by Step Configure and consume ‘Environment Variables’ of type ‘Secret’ using ‘Azure Key vault’ | Rajeev Pentyala - Microsoft Power Platform

More about Environment variables

Environment variables of type ‘Secret’ allow you to store sensitive data such as passwords, keys and other information securely in your system. They are useful for avoiding hard coding of sensitive data in your code and also help to protect the confidential information from being exposed.

To configure and consume ‘Environment Variables’ of type ‘Secret’, you need to first set up a secure store. This can be done using a service such as AWS Secrets Manager or Hashicorp Vault. Once the store is set up, you need to create the environment variables which can be used to store the sensitive data. These environment variables should be secure and should not be shared with anyone.

Once the environment variables are created, you can then use them in your codebase. The environment variables should be used whenever you require access to the sensitive data. This will ensure that the data is kept secure and not exposed to anyone.

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