Service Principal
Explore how to create and configure a service principal in Azure, assign role-based access controls, and use it for logging in via CLI. Understand the role of service principals in managing Azure Kubernetes Services securely.
What is a service principal?
Service principals are service accounts. They’re different from user accounts. We can create a service principal and give it permissions and roles just like we do for user accounts.
Creating a service principal
The steps to create a service principal are as follows:
- Log in to the Azure account.
- Within the portal, navigate to “Home” > “Directory” > “Azure Active Directory” > “App