Azure-sdk-for-java: [QUERY] What is the status of msi-auth-token-provider?

Created on 12 Dec 2019 · 5Comments · Source: Azure/azure-sdk-for-java

Query/Question
I stumbled across the msi-auth-token-provider while looking for a simple way to get managed identity credentials for an application, and it looks pretty good (no dependencies, caching built in, simple API). However I see it has had two beta releases over the last year and really no other activity. What's the status of this library? I also see that there's an alternative azure-identity library that can be used for pretty much the same thing, but that library has tons of dependencies, uses reactor, makes two HTTP calls for every token retrieval, doesn't cache the response, and has a less convenient API.

Is msi-auth-token-provider supported for simple, non-reactive use cases? Will it ever get a final release? What's the direction and thinking here?

Why is this not a Bug or a feature Request?
I'm not asking for new features or reporting any bug, I just want to know the status and direction for this library.

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OS: macOS, Ubuntu
IDE : IntelliJ 2019.3
Version of the Library used: 1.0.0-Beta-2

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What's the status of this library?

There's currently little visibility for this library in the company so probably not much will happen there. Right now azure-identity is the future.

However, if there are issues in msi-auth-token-provider, we will fix and support it as long as our schedule allows.

but that library has tons of dependencies, uses reactor, makes two HTTP calls for every token retrieval, doesn't cache the response, and has a less convenient API.

Please feel free to open separate issues for azure-identity. These are very good complaints we'd like to understand more and fix/improve in azure-identity.

jianghaolu on 6 Feb 2020

Thanks for the response. I will open separate issues for azure-identity to request enhancements for its MSI auth token capabilities to match what msi-auth-token-provider offers.

jordanjennings on 12 Feb 2020

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Great. Thanks!

jianghaolu on 12 Feb 2020

We're actually planning to deprecate this library. azure-identity will be the single authentication library to go from now on.
Please open issues for azure-identity if you find it less than ideal for your need.

jianghaolu on 17 Mar 2020

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Thanks for circling back to confirm. I have not yet opened any issues requesting improvements, but I will once I have time to dig back into this. Thanks again!

jordanjennings on 17 Mar 2020

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