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Azure Red Hat OpenShift Federated CredentialAzure built-in role

Create, update and delete federated credentials on user assigned managed identities in order to build a trust relationship between the managed identity, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and the service account.

Role IDef318e2a-8334-4a05-9e4a-295a196c6a6e
CategoryContainers
Actions4
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/readGets an existing user assigned identity
Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/federatedIdentityCredentials/writeAdd or update a Federated Identity Credential
Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/federatedIdentityCredentials/readGet or list Federated Identity Credentials
Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/federatedIdentityCredentials/deleteDelete a Federated Identity Credential

Assign it

Scope it as tightly as you can: a resource or resource group rather than the whole subscription.

azure cli
az role assignment create \
  --assignee "jane.doe@contoso.com" \
  --role "Azure Red Hat OpenShift Federated Credential" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Azure Red Hat OpenShift Federated Credential" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, 'ef318e2a-8334-4a05-9e4a-295a196c6a6e')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', 'ef318e2a-8334-4a05-9e4a-295a196c6a6e')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "ef318e2a-8334-4a05-9e4a-295a196c6a6e"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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