Az Storage Account Keys Renew

Recently, for one of my project requirements, I had to regenerate the access key for one of my storage accounts. This article will walk you through the syntax and usage of the az storage account keys renew command with specific examples so that you will get better clarity.

Az storage account keys renew

This command helps you regenerate the access and Kerberos keys for a specified storage account.

Syntax

Below is the syntax of the az storage account keys renew command.

az storage account keys renew --storage -account-name --key (key1, key2, primary, secondary}) [--key-type {kerb}][--resource-group-name]

Example-1

In the below example, I am regenerating the access key for the azureusanew storage account that belongs to the MyNewResGrp resource group.

az storage account keys renew -g MyNewResGrp -n azureusanew --key primary

After executing the above command, I got the successful output as below.

[
  {
    "creationTime": "2025-01-24T07:36:25.530187+00:00",
    "keyName": "key1",
    "permissions": "FULL",
    "value": "vg7wDz6vBCwjed+YzBLXn66MwebY3mF6EFUIxdGGbXD9r2GrwI2mtrzFY58DESBeAMXIyTXRPmHd+AStgI3IuA=="
  },
  {
    "creationTime": "2024-11-17T14:21:08.111950+00:00",
    "keyName": "key2",
    "permissions": "FULL",
    "value": "JlBMGRx9VHaeYOhmON62FKP9jIFbSOE5m1kNnxc/0ep5fMKeV8gAzY/GmGei7PmLYLYkHrXMXMfE+AStRiCfuw=="
  }
]

You can find the same output shown in the screenshot below.

Or, Instead of primary key word for key type, you can specify key1 or key2 as mentioned below.

az storage account keys renew -g MyNewResGrp -n azureusanew --key key1

After executing the above command, I got the expected output, as shown in the screenshot below.

Example-2

In the below example, I am regenerating the Kerberos keys for the azureusanew storage account that belongs to the MyNewResGrp resource group.

az storage account keys renew -g MyNewResGrp -n azureusanew --key secondary --key-type kerb

After executing the above query, I got the expected output, as shown below.

[
  {
    "creationTime": "2025-01-24T08:03:11.782952+00:00",
    "keyName": "key1",
    "permissions": "FULL",
    "value": "e7YgnwSKEww0zorA9W//YUK28ICjmZMISvnosebjEOEs7mIyNh8y4H4QV8Ej4bGbD0pxwDJMhK+X+AStPx/3Rg=="
  },
  {
    "creationTime": "2024-11-17T14:21:08.111950+00:00",
    "keyName": "key2",
    "permissions": "FULL",
    "value": "JlBMGRx9VHaeYOhmON62FKP9jIFbSOE5m1kNnxc/0ep5fMKeV8gAzY/GmGei7PmLYLYkHrXMXMfE+AStRiCfuw=="
  },
  {
    "creationTime": "2025-01-24T08:09:56.533623+00:00",
    "keyName": "kerb2",
    "permissions": "FULL",
    "value": "otZUBAHfBDvGvhj0p24Qpd3LECrOtFiCTstTWEm80MqxPzbvO+BODVvxvSW1Czq/m6DdZiPUy44j+AStMBrdMg=="
  }
]

You can see the same output in the below screenshot.

Az storage account keys renew azure CLI command

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