Simplifying Docker Authentication in Azure DevOps with Azure Workload Identity

Credential based authentication methods have several disadvantages such as security risks and secret management overhead. As a solution Azure Managed Identity and Azure Workload Identity can be used as modern and secure, non-credential-based authentication method for workloads running outside or inside Azure.

Workload Identity Federation can now be used with Azure DevOps Docker service connection targeting Azure Container Registry. This blog will explain how to use workload Identity with Azure DevOps Docker service connection.

Using Azure DevOps UI to Enable Detailed Pipeline Logs

In Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, detailed logs can be enabled by setting the system.debug value to true. This enables verbose logging, providing additional details in the logs, such as task inputs/outputs, agent setup details, and more descriptive error messages.

Further, Azure DevOps provides a UI feature to enable detailed logs before running a pipeline. To enable detailed logging, follow these steps.