Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for autonomous orchestration of secrets renewal and distribution. A secrets management service (“SMS”) can be utilized to store, renew and distribute secrets in a distributed computing environment. The secrets are initially deployed, after which, SMS can automatically renew the secrets according to a specified rollover policy, and polling agents can fetch updates from SMS. In various embodiments, SMS can autonomously rollover client certificates for authentication of users who access a security critical service, autonomously rollover storage account keys, track delivery of updated secrets to secrets recipients, deliver secrets using a secure blob, and/or facilitate autonomous rollover using secrets staging. In some embodiments, a service is pinned to the path where the service's secrets are stored. In this manner, secrets can be automatically renewed without any manual orchestration and/or the need to redeploy services.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for autonomous orchestration of secrets renewal and distribution. A secrets management service (“SMS”) can be utilized to store, renew and distribute secrets in a distributed computing environment. The secrets are initially deployed, after which, SMS can automatically renew the secrets according to a specified rollover policy, and polling agents can fetch updates from SMS. In various embodiments, SMS can autonomously rollover client certificates for authentication of users who access a security critical service, autonomously rollover storage account keys, track delivery of updated secrets to secrets recipients, deliver secrets using a secure blob, and/or facilitate autonomous rollover using secrets staging. In some embodiments, a service is pinned to the path where the service's secrets are stored. In this manner, secrets can be automatically renewed without any manual orchestration and/or the need to redeploy services.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for autonomous orchestration of secrets renewal and distribution across scope boundaries. A cross-scope secrets management service (“SMS”) can be utilized to store, renew and distribute secrets across boundaries in a distributed computing environment such as regional boundaries. In some embodiments, locally scoped secrets management services subscribe to receive updates from the cross-scope secrets management service. As secrets are renewed, they are automatically propagated to a subscribing local scope and distributed by the local secrets management service. In various embodiments, SMS can autonomously rollover storage account keys, track delivery of updated secrets to secrets recipients, deliver secrets using a secure blob, and/or facilitate autonomous rollover using secrets staging. In some embodiments, a service is pinned to the path where the service's secrets are stored.

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein enable a client device to access a web service in a claims-based identity environment thorough an Internet Protocol (IP) address, rather than the web service's domain name service (DNS). In a claims-based identity environment, a client device will authenticate a relying party's server SSL certificate before providing the token to the relying party by following an authentication process. Current authentication processes include a name-chaining operation, which compares a subject field of a token provided with the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) used to request the resource (e.g., RP application). When the IP address is used as the URI, then the URI in the certificate will not match the URI in the request and the authentication will fail. Accordingly, aspects of the technology use an alternative authentication method that allows access to a web service through an IP address, when the default client-side token validation is DNS-name based.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for autonomous management for a managed service identity. A first token request, for a secret, is generated at a managed service. The secret supports authenticating the managed service for performing operations in a distributed computing environment. The first token request includes an identity identifier of the managed service. The first token request is communicated to a credentials manager which is associated with a secrets management service (“SMS”) that can be utilized to store, renew and distribute secrets in the distributed computing environment. Based on communicating the first token request to credentials manager, the token is received, via the credentials manager, from the secret token service. The token is received based in part on the credentials manager generating a second token request for the token and communicating the second token request and a secret associated with the managed service to the secret token service.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for autonomous orchestration of secrets renewal and distribution. A secrets management service (“SMS”) can be utilized to store, renew and distribute secrets in a distributed computing environment. The secrets are initially deployed, after which, SMS can automatically renew the secrets according to a specified rollover policy, and polling agents can fetch updates from SMS. In various embodiments, SMS can autonomously rollover client certificates for authentication of users who access a security critical service, autonomously rollover storage account keys, track delivery of updated secrets to secrets recipients, deliver secrets using a secure blob, and/or facilitate autonomous rollover using secrets staging. In some embodiments, a service is pinned to the path where the service's secrets are stored. In this manner, secrets can be automatically renewed without any manual orchestration and/or the need to redeploy services.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for autonomous management for a managed service identity. A first token request, for a secret, is generated at a managed service. The secret supports authenticating the managed service for performing operations in a distributed computing environment. The first token request includes an identity identifier of the managed service. The first token request is communicated to a credentials manager which is associated with a secrets management service (“SMS”) that can be utilized to store, renew and distribute secrets in the distributed computing environment. Based on communicating the first token request to credentials manager, the token is received, via the credentials manager, from the secret token service. The token is received based in part on the credentials manager generating a second token request for the token and communicating the second token request and a secret associated with the managed service to the secret token service.

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein enable a client device to access a web service in a claims-based identity environment thorough an Internet Protocol (IP) address, rather than the web service's domain name service (DNS). In a claims-based identity environment, a client device will authenticate a relying party's server SSL certificate before providing the token to the relying party by following an authentication process. Current authentication processes include a name-chaining operation, which compares a subject field of a token provided with the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) used to request the resource (e.g., RP application). When the IP address is used as the URI, then the URI in the certificate will not match the URI in the request and the authentication will fail. Accordingly, aspects of the technology use an alternative authentication method that allows access to a web service through an IP address, when the default client-side token validation is DNS-name based.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for autonomous orchestration of secrets renewal and distribution across scope boundaries. A cross-scope secrets management service (“SMS”) can be utilized to store, renew and distribute secrets across boundaries in a distributed computing environment such as regional boundaries. In some embodiments, locally scoped secrets management services subscribe to receive updates from the cross-scope secrets management service. As secrets are renewed, they are automatically propagated to a subscribing local scope and distributed by the local secrets management service. In various embodiments, SMS can autonomously rollover storage account keys, track delivery of updated secrets to secrets recipients, deliver secrets using a secure blob, and/or facilitate autonomous rollover using secrets staging. In some embodiments, a service is pinned to the path where the service's secrets are stored.