Get-AzStorageAccountKey

Gets the access keys for an Azure Storage account.

Syntax

Get-AzStorageAccountKey
   [-ResourceGroupName] <String>
   [-Name] <String>
   [-ListKerbKey]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-AzStorageAccountKey cmdlet gets the access keys for an Azure Storage account.

Examples

Example 1: Get the access keys for a Storage account

Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName "RG01" -Name "mystorageaccount"

This command gets the keys for the specified Azure Storage account.

Example 2: Get a specific access key for a Storage account

This command gets a specific key for a Storage account.
(Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName "RG01" -Name "mystorageaccount")| Where-Object {$_.KeyName -eq "key1"}

KeyName Value             Permissions CreationTime
------- -----             ----------- ------------
key1    <KeyValue>        Full             

This command gets a specific key value for a Storage account. 
(Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName "RG01" -Name "mystorageaccount")[0].Value

<KeyValue>

Example 3: Lists the access keys for a Storage account, include the Kerberos keys (if active directory enabled)

Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName "RG01" -Name "mystorageaccount" -ListKerbKey

This command gets the keys for the specified Azure Storage account.

Parameters

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with Azure.

Type:IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ListKerbKey

Lists the Kerberos keys (if active directory enabled) for the specified storage account. Kerberos key is generated per storage account for Azure Files identity based authentication either with Microsoft Entra Domain Service (Microsoft Entra Domain Services) or Active Directory Domain Service (AD DS). It is used as the password of the identity registered in the domain service that represents the storage account. Kerberos key does not provide access permission to perform any control or data plane read or write operations against the storage account.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies the name of the Storage account for which this cmdlet gets keys.

Type:String
Aliases:StorageAccountName, AccountName
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ResourceGroupName

Specifies the name of the resource group that contains the Storage account.

Type:String
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

String

Outputs

StorageAccountKey