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Automated Key Vault provisioning and secrets management

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
azure, javascript
Domain
cloud, devops, security

Research direction

Locate the template generator and read copilot-instructions.md for the existing Key Vault reference guidance. Trace how deployments, app settings, managed identities, and post-deployment documentation are generated, then use the acceptance criteria to verify provisioning, references, access, and rotation guidance.

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Description

enhancement security

Description

Deployed resources often require secrets (connection strings, API keys). Git-ape's copilot-instructions.md mentions Key Vault references (@Microsoft.KeyVault(...)) but there's no automated Key Vault provisioning or secrets wiring in the template generator.

Scope

  1. Auto-provision Key Vault — When a deployment includes resources that need secrets, auto-include a Key Vault in the template.
  2. Key Vault references — All app settings that contain secrets use @Microsoft.KeyVault(...) references instead of inline values.
  3. Secrets rotation guidance — Post-deployment runbook section on secrets rotation.
  4. Managed identity access — Auto-configure managed identity access policies on the Key Vault.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Deployments with secret-consuming resources auto-include Key Vault.
  • App settings use Key Vault references.
  • Managed identity access to Key Vault is configured.
  • Secrets rotation guidance included in post-deployment documentation.
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
269
Forks
48
Avg merge
1d 9h
Merged PRs (30d)
14

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