Data Access, Keys, and RBAC

Learn what RBAC is and how to use it in Cosmos DB.

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Access keys

The primary authentication method in Cosmos DB is the use of access keys. For each account, we can use four different keys:

  • Two read-only keys

  • Two read-write keys

Each key can be regenerated individually, and it’s good practice to rotate them every so often. If we use the az cosmosdb keys list command, we get something like the following:

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