---
title: "Azure (deprecated)"
date: 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00
draft: false
slug: azure
dnsprovider:
  since:    "v0.4.0"
  code:     "azure"
  url:      "https://azure.microsoft.com/services/dns/"
---

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Configuration for [Azure (deprecated)](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/dns/).


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- Code: `azure`
- Since: v0.4.0


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_Please contribute by adding a CLI example._
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## Credentials

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|-----------------------|-------------|
| `AZURE_CLIENT_ID` | Client ID |
| `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET` | Client secret |
| `AZURE_ENVIRONMENT` | Azure environment, one of: public, usgovernment, german, and china |
| `AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP` | Resource group |
| `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID` | Subscription ID |
| `AZURE_TENANT_ID` | Tenant ID |
| `instance metadata service` | If the credentials are **not** set via the environment, then it will attempt to get a bearer token via the [instance metadata service](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/instance-metadata-service). |

The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value.
More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).


## Additional Configuration

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|--------------------------------|-------------|
| `AZURE_METADATA_ENDPOINT` | Metadata Service endpoint URL |
| `AZURE_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check in seconds (Default: 2) |
| `AZURE_PRIVATE_ZONE` | Set to true to use Azure Private DNS Zones and not public |
| `AZURE_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation in seconds (Default: 120) |
| `AZURE_TTL` | The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge in seconds (Default: 60) |
| `AZURE_ZONE_NAME` | Zone name to use inside Azure DNS service to add the TXT record in |

The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value.
More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).




## More information

- [API documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/go/azure/)
- [Go client](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go)

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