Which address should you use in the script?

You have an Azure virtual machine named VM1 and an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant named adatum.com.

VM1 has the following settings:

✑ IP address: 10.10.0.10

✑ System-assigned managed identity: On

You need to create a script that will run from within VM1 to retrieve the authentication token of VM1.

Which address should you use in the script?
A . vm1.adatum.com.onmicrosoft.com
B . 169.254.169.254
C . 10.10.0.10
D . vm1.adatum.com

View Answer

Answer: B

Explanation:

Your code that’s running on the VM can request a token from the Azure Instance Metadata Service identity endpoint, accessible only from within the VM: http://169.254.169.254/metadata/identity/oauth2/token

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview