How do I specify a user-assigned managed identity in Azure API Management

Question

Setting a system-assigned managed identity in Azure API management is easy - just flip the toggle in the blade, or use the following code snippet in your ARM template

"identity" : {
    "type" : "SystemAssigned"
}

However, I have several instances of API management, and I want them all to use the same identity, for which the normal Azure solution is a user-assigned MSI.

However, I can't find anything that suggests how to add a reference to a user-assigned MSI to my Azure APIM instance or to set it up in the portal.

Answer 1

This is currently in Preview. Here is the link to the official documentation:

Services that support managed identities for Azure resources

Answer 2

User Assigned Managed Identity for API management is not yet supported

If you want to read more or check supported service feel free to check my article on Managed Identities https://marczak.io/posts/2019/07/securing-websites-with-msi/