azure-vm-userdata
Base64-encoded VM userData is persisted and retrievable through the VM model and can expose bootstrap credentials.
Where it sits
| location | Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines.properties.userData |
| location kind | bootstrap_script |
| data kinds | credential password api_key access_key secret_key oauth_token connection_string source_code_secret |
| emits edge | ContainsSecret |
| service | Virtual Machines (azure:vm) |
Collection recipe
| access mode | read_api |
| operation | Virtual Machines - Get |
| response path | properties.userData |
| encoding | base64 |
| params | {"$expand": "userData", "resource_id": "\u003cvirtual-machine-resource-id\u003e"} |
Required permissions
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read
References