Azure Workload Identity

Configure Azure Workload Identity for Spice.ai on AKS.

Azure Workload Identity allows Spice.ai pods on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to authenticate with Azure services (Blob Storage, Key Vault, etc.) using federated credentials.

Configuration

Annotate the Spice ServiceAccount with the Azure managed identity client ID:

Helm Chart

serviceAccount:
  create: true
  annotations:
    azure.workload.identity/client-id: <AZURE_CLIENT_ID>

SpicepodSet (Kubernetes Operator)

apiVersion: spice.ai/v1
kind: SpicepodSet
metadata:
  name: my-spicepod
spec:
  replicas: 1
  service_account:
    enabled: true
    create: true
    annotations:
      azure.workload.identity/client-id: <AZURE_CLIENT_ID>
  spicepod: |
    name: my-spicepod
    kind: Spicepod
    version: v1

Prerequisites

1. Enable the Azure Workload Identity add-on on your AKS cluster.

2. Create a managed identity and federated credential.

3. Assign the necessary roles to the managed identity for the Azure resources your Spicepod accesses.

See Azure Workload Identity documentation for full setup instructions.