Storage Accounts - Regenerate Key

Service:: Storage Resource Provider

API Version:: 2025-06-01

Regenerates one of the access keys or Kerberos keys for the specified storage account.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/{accountName}/regenerateKey?api-version=2025-06-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
accountName	path	True	string minLength: 3 maxLength: 24 pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+$	The name of the storage account within the specified resource group. Storage account names must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and use numbers and lower-case letters only.
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90 pattern: ^[-\w\._]+$	The name of the resource group within the user's subscription. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId	path	True	string minLength: 1	The ID of the target subscription.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
keyName	True	string	The name of storage keys that want to be regenerated, possible values are key1, key2, kerb1, kerb2.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	StorageAccountListKeysResult	OK -- specified key regenerated successfully.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey

StorageAccountRegenerateKey

StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/res4167/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/sto3539/regenerateKey?api-version=2025-06-01

{
  "keyName": "kerb1"
}


import com.azure.resourcemanager.storage.models.StorageAccountRegenerateKeyParameters;

/**
 * Samples for StorageAccounts RegenerateKey.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/
     * StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void storageAccountRegenerateKerbKey(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.storageAccounts().manager().serviceClient().getStorageAccounts().regenerateKeyWithResponse("res4167",
            "sto3539", new StorageAccountRegenerateKeyParameters().withKeyName("fakeTokenPlaceholder"),
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-storage
# USAGE
    python storage_account_regenerate_kerb_key.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = StorageManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.storage_accounts.regenerate_key(
        resource_group_name="res4167",
        account_name="sto3539",
        regenerate_key={"keyName": "kerb1"},
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

package armstorage_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage/v3"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/4e9df3afd38a1cfa00a5d49419dce51bd014601f/specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey.json
func ExampleAccountsClient_RegenerateKey_storageAccountRegenerateKerbKey() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armstorage.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewAccountsClient().RegenerateKey(ctx, "res4167", "sto3539", armstorage.AccountRegenerateKeyParameters{
		KeyName: to.Ptr("kerb1"),
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.AccountListKeysResult = armstorage.AccountListKeysResult{
	// 	Keys: []*armstorage.AccountKey{
	// 		{
	// 			KeyName: to.Ptr("key1"),
	// 			Permissions: to.Ptr(armstorage.KeyPermissionFull),
	// 			Value: to.Ptr("<value>"),
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			KeyName: to.Ptr("key2"),
	// 			Permissions: to.Ptr(armstorage.KeyPermissionFull),
	// 			Value: to.Ptr("<value>"),
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			KeyName: to.Ptr("kerb1"),
	// 			Permissions: to.Ptr(armstorage.KeyPermissionFull),
	// 			Value: to.Ptr("<value>"),
	// 	}},
	// }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

const { StorageManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-storage");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Regenerates one of the access keys or Kerberos keys for the specified storage account.
 *
 * @summary Regenerates one of the access keys or Kerberos keys for the specified storage account.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey.json
 */
async function storageAccountRegenerateKerbKey() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["STORAGE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["STORAGE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "res4167";
  const accountName = "sto3539";
  const regenerateKey = {
    keyName: "kerb1",
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new StorageManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.storageAccounts.regenerateKey(
    resourceGroupName,
    accountName,
    regenerateKey,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Storage.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Storage;

// Generated from example definition: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "StorageAccounts_RegenerateKey" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this StorageAccountResource created on azure
// for more information of creating StorageAccountResource, please refer to the document of StorageAccountResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "res4167";
string accountName = "sto3539";
ResourceIdentifier storageAccountResourceId = StorageAccountResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, accountName);
StorageAccountResource storageAccount = client.GetStorageAccountResource(storageAccountResourceId);

// invoke the operation and iterate over the result
StorageAccountRegenerateKeyContent content = new StorageAccountRegenerateKeyContent("kerb1");
await foreach (StorageAccountKey item in storageAccount.RegenerateKeyAsync(content))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {item}");
}

Console.WriteLine("Succeeded");

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "keys": [
    {
      "keyName": "key1",
      "permissions": "Full",
      "value": "<value>"
    },
    {
      "keyName": "key2",
      "permissions": "Full",
      "value": "<value>"
    },
    {
      "keyName": "kerb1",
      "permissions": "Full",
      "value": "<value>"
    }
  ]
}

StorageAccountRegenerateKey

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/res4167/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/sto3539/regenerateKey?api-version=2025-06-01

{
  "keyName": "key2"
}


import com.azure.resourcemanager.storage.models.StorageAccountRegenerateKeyParameters;

/**
 * Samples for StorageAccounts RegenerateKey.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKey.
     * json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: StorageAccountRegenerateKey.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void storageAccountRegenerateKey(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.storageAccounts().manager().serviceClient().getStorageAccounts().regenerateKeyWithResponse("res4167",
            "sto3539", new StorageAccountRegenerateKeyParameters().withKeyName("fakeTokenPlaceholder"),
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-storage
# USAGE
    python storage_account_regenerate_key.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = StorageManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.storage_accounts.regenerate_key(
        resource_group_name="res4167",
        account_name="sto3539",
        regenerate_key={"keyName": "key2"},
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKey.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

package armstorage_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage/v3"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/4e9df3afd38a1cfa00a5d49419dce51bd014601f/specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKey.json
func ExampleAccountsClient_RegenerateKey_storageAccountRegenerateKey() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armstorage.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewAccountsClient().RegenerateKey(ctx, "res4167", "sto3539", armstorage.AccountRegenerateKeyParameters{
		KeyName: to.Ptr("key2"),
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.AccountListKeysResult = armstorage.AccountListKeysResult{
	// 	Keys: []*armstorage.AccountKey{
	// 		{
	// 			KeyName: to.Ptr("key1"),
	// 			Permissions: to.Ptr(armstorage.KeyPermissionFull),
	// 			Value: to.Ptr("<value>"),
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			KeyName: to.Ptr("key2"),
	// 			Permissions: to.Ptr(armstorage.KeyPermissionFull),
	// 			Value: to.Ptr("<value>"),
	// 	}},
	// }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

const { StorageManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-storage");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Regenerates one of the access keys or Kerberos keys for the specified storage account.
 *
 * @summary Regenerates one of the access keys or Kerberos keys for the specified storage account.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKey.json
 */
async function storageAccountRegenerateKey() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["STORAGE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["STORAGE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "res4167";
  const accountName = "sto3539";
  const regenerateKey = {
    keyName: "key2",
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new StorageManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.storageAccounts.regenerateKey(
    resourceGroupName,
    accountName,
    regenerateKey,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Storage.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Storage;

// Generated from example definition: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountRegenerateKey.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "StorageAccounts_RegenerateKey" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this StorageAccountResource created on azure
// for more information of creating StorageAccountResource, please refer to the document of StorageAccountResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "res4167";
string accountName = "sto3539";
ResourceIdentifier storageAccountResourceId = StorageAccountResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, accountName);
StorageAccountResource storageAccount = client.GetStorageAccountResource(storageAccountResourceId);

// invoke the operation and iterate over the result
StorageAccountRegenerateKeyContent content = new StorageAccountRegenerateKeyContent("key2");
await foreach (StorageAccountKey item in storageAccount.RegenerateKeyAsync(content))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {item}");
}

Console.WriteLine("Succeeded");

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "keys": [
    {
      "keyName": "key1",
      "permissions": "Full",
      "value": "<value>"
    },
    {
      "keyName": "key2",
      "permissions": "Full",
      "value": "<value>"
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
KeyPermission	Permissions for the key -- read-only or full permissions.
StorageAccountKey	An access key for the storage account.
StorageAccountListKeysResult	The response from the ListKeys operation.
StorageAccountRegenerateKeyParameters	The parameters used to regenerate the storage account key.

KeyPermission

Enumeration

Permissions for the key -- read-only or full permissions.

Value	Description
Read
Full

StorageAccountKey

Object

An access key for the storage account.

Name	Type	Description
creationTime	string (date-time)	Creation time of the key, in round trip date format.
keyName	string	Name of the key.
permissions	KeyPermission	Permissions for the key -- read-only or full permissions.
value	string	Base 64-encoded value of the key.

StorageAccountListKeysResult

Object

The response from the ListKeys operation.

Name	Type	Description
keys	StorageAccountKey[]	Gets the list of storage account keys and their properties for the specified storage account.

StorageAccountRegenerateKeyParameters

Object

The parameters used to regenerate the storage account key.

Name	Type	Description
keyName	string	The name of storage keys that want to be regenerated, possible values are key1, key2, kerb1, kerb2.

Share via

Storage Accounts - Regenerate Key

URI Parameters

Request Body

Responses

Security

azure_auth

Scopes

Examples

StorageAccountRegenerateKerbKey

Sample request

Sample response

StorageAccountRegenerateKey

Sample request

Sample response

Definitions

KeyPermission

StorageAccountKey

StorageAccountListKeysResult

StorageAccountRegenerateKeyParameters