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Expand Up @@ -232,12 +232,16 @@ Barman Cloud supports the following authentication methods:
- [Connection String](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-configure-connection-string)
- Storage Account Name + [Access Key](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-keys-manage)
- Storage Account Name + [SAS Token](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/sas-service-create)
- [Azure AD Workload Identity](https://azure.github.io/azure-workload-identity/docs/introduction.html)
- [Azure AD Managed Identities](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview)
- [Default Azure Credentials](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/azure.identity.defaultazurecredential?view=azure-dotnet)

### Azure AD Workload Identity
### Azure AD Managed Identity

This method avoids storing credentials in Kubernetes via the
`.spec.configuration.inheritFromAzureAD` option:
This method avoids storing credentials in Kubernetes by enabling the
usage of [Azure Managed Identities](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview) authentication mechanism.
This can be enabled by setting the `inheritFromAzureAD` option to `true`.
Managed Identitity can be configured for the AKS Cluster by following
the [Azure documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/use-managed-identity?pivots=system-assigned).

```yaml
apiVersion: barmancloud.cnpg.io/v1
Expand All @@ -263,8 +267,11 @@ to automatically discover and use available credentials in the following order:
3. **Azure CLI** — Uses credentials from the Azure CLI if available
4. **Azure PowerShell** — Uses credentials from Azure PowerShell if available

This is particularly useful when running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with
[Workload Identity](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/workload-identity-overview):
This approach is particularly useful for getting started with development and testing; it allows
the SDK to attempt multiple authentication mechanisms seamlessly across different environments.
However, this is not recommended for production. Please refer to the
[official Azure guidance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication/credential-chains?tabs=dac#usage-guidance-for-defaultazurecredential)
for a comprehensive understanding of `DefaultAzureCredential`.

```yaml
apiVersion: barmancloud.cnpg.io/v1
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