azure.identity._credentials.managed_identity — Azure SDK for Python 2.0.0 documentation
Andrew White
Published Feb 16, 2026
# ------------------------------------# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.# Licensed under the MIT License.# ------------------------------------import loggingimport osfrom typing import Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, Anyfrom azure.core.credentials import AccessTokenfrom .. import CredentialUnavailableErrorfrom .._constants import EnvironmentVariablesfrom .._internal.decorators import log_get_tokenif TYPE_CHECKING: from azure.core.credentials import TokenCredential_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)[docs]class ManagedIdentityCredential:"""Authenticates with an Azure managed identity in any hosting environment which supports managed identities. This credential defaults to using a system-assigned identity. To configure a user-assigned identity, use one of the keyword arguments. See `Microsoft Entra ID documentation < for more information about configuring managed identity for applications. :keyword str client_id: a user-assigned identity's client ID or, when using Pod Identity, the client ID of a Microsoft Entra app registration. This argument is supported in all hosting environments. :keyword identity_config: a mapping ``{parameter_name: value}`` specifying a user-assigned identity by its object or resource ID, for example ``{"object_id": "..."}``. Check the documentation for your hosting environment to learn what values it expects. :paramtype identity_config: Mapping[str, str] .. admonition:: Example: .. literalinclude:: ../samples/credential_creation_code_snippets.py :start-after: [START create_managed_identity_credential] :end-before: [END create_managed_identity_credential] :language: python :dedent: 4 :caption: Create a ManagedIdentityCredential. """ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None: self._credential = None # type: Optional[TokenCredential] exclude_workload_identity = kwargs.pop("_exclude_workload_identity_credential", False) if os.environ.get(EnvironmentVariables.IDENTITY_ENDPOINT): if os.environ.get(EnvironmentVariables.IDENTITY_HEADER): if os.environ.get(EnvironmentVariables.IDENTITY_SERVER_THUMBPRINT): _LOGGER.info("%s will use Service Fabric managed identity", self.__class__.__name__) from .service_fabric import ServiceFabricCredential self._credential = ServiceFabricCredential(**kwargs) else: _LOGGER.info("%s will use App Service managed identity", self.__class__.__name__) from .app_service import AppServiceCredential self._credential = AppServiceCredential(**kwargs) elif os.environ.get(EnvironmentVariables.IMDS_ENDPOINT): _LOGGER.info("%s will use Azure Arc managed identity", self.__class__.__name__) from .azure_arc import AzureArcCredential self._credential = AzureArcCredential(**kwargs) elif os.environ.get(EnvironmentVariables.MSI_ENDPOINT): if os.environ.get(EnvironmentVariables.MSI_SECRET): _LOGGER.info("%s will use Azure ML managed identity", self.__class__.__name__) from .azure_ml import AzureMLCredential self._credential = AzureMLCredential(**kwargs) else: _LOGGER.info("%s will use Cloud Shell managed identity", self.__class__.__name__) from .cloud_shell import CloudShellCredential self._credential = CloudShellCredential(**kwargs) elif ( all(os.environ.get(var) for var in EnvironmentVariables.WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_VARS) and not exclude_workload_identity ): _LOGGER.info("%s will use workload identity", self.__class__.__name__) from .workload_identity import WorkloadIdentityCredential client_id = kwargs.pop("client_id", None) or os.environ.get(EnvironmentVariables.AZURE_CLIENT_ID) if not client_id: raise ValueError('Configure the environment with a client ID or pass a value for "client_id" argument') self._credential = WorkloadIdentityCredential( tenant_id=os.environ[EnvironmentVariables.AZURE_TENANT_ID], client_id=client_id, file=os.environ[EnvironmentVariables.AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN_FILE], **kwargs ) else: from .imds import ImdsCredential _LOGGER.info("%s will use IMDS", self.__class__.__name__) self._credential = ImdsCredential(**kwargs) def __enter__(self) -> "ManagedIdentityCredential": if self._credential: self._credential.__enter__() # type: ignore return self def __exit__(self, *args: Any) -> None: if self._credential: self._credential.__exit__(*args) # type: ignore[docs] def close(self) -> None:"""Close the credential's transport session.""" self.__exit__()[docs] @log_get_token("ManagedIdentityCredential") def get_token( self, *scopes: str, claims: Optional[str] = None, tenant_id: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs: Any ) -> AccessToken:"""Request an access token for `scopes`. This method is called automatically by Azure SDK clients. :param str scopes: desired scope for the access token. This credential allows only one scope per request. For more information about scopes, see :keyword str claims: not used by this credential; any value provided will be ignored. :keyword str tenant_id: not used by this credential; any value provided will be ignored. :return: An access token with the desired scopes. :rtype: ~azure.core.credentials.AccessToken :raises ~azure.identity.CredentialUnavailableError: managed identity isn't available in the hosting environment """ if not self._credential: raise CredentialUnavailableError( message="No managed identity endpoint found. \n" "The Target Azure platform could not be determined from environment variables. \n" "Visit to " "troubleshoot this issue." ) return self._credential.get_token(*scopes, claims=claims, tenant_id=tenant_id, **kwargs)