Azure keyvault secrets rust

Azure Key Vault Secrets library for Rust

Secure storage for passwords, API keys, and connection strings.

Use this skill when:

• An app needs to store or retrieve secrets from Azure Key Vault in Rust
• You need to set, get, update, or delete secrets
• You need to list secret properties with pagination
• You need error handling for missing secrets

IMPORTANT: Only use the official azure_security_keyvault_secrets crate published by the azure-sdk crates.io user. Do NOT use unofficial or community crates. Official crates use underscores in names and none have version 0.21.0.

Installation

cargo add azure_security_keyvault_secrets azure_identity tokio futures

If your code uses azure_core types directly, add azure_core to Cargo.toml. If you only use azure_security_keyvault_secrets re-exports, direct azure_core dependency is optional.

Environment Variables

AZURE_KEYVAULT_URL=https://<vault-name>.vault.azure.net/ # Required for all operations

Authentication

use azure_identity::DeveloperToolsCredential;
use azure_security_keyvault_secrets::SecretClient;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Local dev: DeveloperToolsCredential. Production: use ManagedIdentityCredential.
    let credential = DeveloperToolsCredential::new(None)?;
    let client = SecretClient::new(
        "https://<vault-name>.vault.azure.net/",
        credential.clone(),
        None,
    )?;

    let secret = client
        .get_secret("secret-name", None)
        .await?
        .into_model()?;
    println!("Secret: {:?}", secret.value);
    Ok(())
}

Core Workflow

Set Secret

use azure_security_keyvault_secrets::{models::SetSecretParameters, ResourceExt};

let params = SetSecretParameters {
    value: Some("secret-value".into()),
    ..Default::default()
};

let secret = client
    .set_secret("secret-name", params.try_into()?, None)
    .await?
    .into_model()?;

println!(
    "Name: {:?}, Version: {:?}",
    secret.resource_id()?.name,
    secret.resource_id()?.version
);

Update Secret Properties

use azure_security_keyvault_secrets::models::UpdateSecretPropertiesParameters;
use std::collections::HashMap;

#[allow(clippy::needless_update)]
let params = UpdateSecretPropertiesParameters {
    content_type: Some("text/plain".into()),
    tags: Some(HashMap::from_iter(vec![(
        "env".into(),
        "prod".into(),
    )])),
    ..Default::default()
};

client
    .update_secret_properties("secret-name", params.try_into()?, None)
    .await?
    .into_model()?;

Delete Secret

client.delete_secret("secret-name", None).await?;

List Secrets (Pagination)

list_secret_properties returns a Pager<T> — iterate items directly:

use azure_security_keyvault_secrets::ResourceExt;
use futures::TryStreamExt as _;

let mut pager = client.list_secret_properties(None)?;
while let Some(secret) = pager.try_next().await? {
    println!("Found: {}", secret.resource_id()?.name);
}

Error Handling

match client.get_secret("secret-name", None).await {
    Ok(response) => println!("Secret Value: {:?}", response.into_model()?.value),
    Err(err) => println!("Error: {:#?}", err.into_inner()?),
}

// Error output includes structured ErrorResponse with code and message

RBAC Roles

For Entra ID auth, assign one of these roles:

Role	Access
Key Vault Secrets User	Read secrets
Key Vault Secrets Officer	Full secret management

Best Practices

1. Use cargo add to manage dependencies, never edit Cargo.toml directly. Add and remove Rust SDK dependencies with cargo commands instead of manual manifest edits.
2. Add azure_core only when importing azure_core types directly. If your code imports azure_core::http::Url, azure_core::http::RequestContent, or azure_core::error::ErrorKind, include azure_core; otherwise a direct dependency is optional.
3. Use DeveloperToolsCredential for local dev, ManagedIdentityCredential for production — Rust does not provide a single DefaultAzureCredential type
4. Never hardcode credentials — use environment variables or managed identity
5. Use ..Default::default() with #[allow(clippy::needless_update)] for model struct updates
6. Use ResourceExt to extract resource name/version from secret IDs
7. Reuse clients — SecretClient is thread-safe; create once, share across tasks

Reference Links

Resource	Link
API Reference	https://docs.rs/azure_security_keyvault_secrets/latest/azure_security_keyvault_secrets
crates.io	https://crates.io/crates/azure_security_keyvault_secrets
Source Code	https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure_security_keyvault_secrets