Azure: Documentation on Authentication

[FlorianLudwig]

The documentation is sparse on how to correctly authenticate the azure provides.

See also this comment on #5875 - it is also suggested that the issue might result in incorrectly setup authentication. Which is hard to do with the current sparse information in the documentation.

I am trying this guide: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ee460782.aspx#bk_ad but setting up Azure AD just to access the API seems not to be the "right way" to do it, or is it?

[majormoses]

This landed: #5965

I will test it and see if there is enough doc to get going.

[voiddragon]

I think adding the CLI methods might be helpful as well.

https://github.com/Azure/acs-engine/blob/master/docs/serviceprincipal.md

[majormoses]

@voiddragon does this work for you?

[voiddragon]

Yup, had to reset the secret before I could get it to work though.

[majormoses]

@voiddragon the doc you linked uses az rather than azure do you happen to know if that is basically a custom alias? sorry I have not had time to validate.

[voiddragon]

@majormoses

az is the alias for the new python based cli.

https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli

[majormoses]

@voiddragon thanks I will update the doc

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