Credentials Storage for Autonomous Agents on Azure

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To store credentials for autonomous agents in Azure securely, you have the option to use different Azure services depending on your specific requirements. One common approach is to use Azure Key Vault, which is a cloud service that provides a secure store for secrets, keys, and certificates. However, based on the search results, there is another option available in Azure which is the `azure-native.storsimple.StorageAccountCredential` resource that can be used for storing credentials for storage accounts in a secure way.

Below is a Pulumi program in Python that demonstrates how to create a `StorageAccountCredential` for use with StorSimple devices on Azure. The program will create a storage account credential resource, which you can then use to authenticate storage requests made by autonomous agents.

Here is the program:

```python
import pulumi
import pulumi_azure_native as azure_native

# Create an Azure resource group
resource_group = azure_native.resources.ResourceGroup('my-resource-group')

# For the storage account credential, you will need to provide the storage account's
# access key. In a production environment, this key should be treated as a secret.
# For now, you would hardcode it, but you should use Azure Key Vault for secret management.
access_key_value = "your_storage_account_access_key"

# Create a Storage Account Credential for StorSimple
storage_credential = azure_native.storsimple.StorageAccountCredential(
    "storageCredential",
    resource_group_name=resource_group.name,
    manager_name="your_storsimple_manager_name", # Provide your StorSimple manager name
    access_key=azure_native.storsimple.AccessKeyArgs(
        value=access_key_value,
        encryption_algorithm="None",
    ),
    ssl_status="Enabled",
    volume_container_name="your_volume_container_name", # Provide your volume container name
    storage_account_credential_name="myStorageAccountCredential",
)

# Export the ID of the Storage Account Credential
pulumi.export('storage_credential_id', storage_credential.id)
```

**Explanation:**

1. We start by importing the necessary Pulumi modules for Azure.
2. We define a new Azure resource group that will contain our storage account credential.
3. We specify the necessary details required to create the `StorageAccountCredential`. Note that you should have a StorSimple manager and a volume container already configured. Replace placeholders with relevant information.
4. We use an access key for the storage account in this sample code directly, but for a real-world application, you should never hardcode secrets like access keys. Instead, store these securely in Azure Key Vault and reference them in your Pulumi program.
5. Finally, we export the Storage Account Credential's ID so that you can reference it in other parts of your infrastructure.

Remember to replace `your_storage_account_access_key`, `your_storsimple_manager_name`, and `your_volume_container_name` with the actual values from your setup.

The `StorageAccountCredential` resource [documentation](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/azure-native/api-docs/storsimple/storageaccountcredential/) provides additional information on the configuration options available for the resource.

With this Pulumi program, you now have a secure method of storing credentials for autonomous agents to access Azure Storage resources in a StorSimple environment.