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= Manually creating long-term credentials for Azure
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In environments where the cloud identity and access management (IAM) APIs are not reachable, or the administrator prefers not to store an administrator-level credential secret in the cluster `kube-system` namespace, you can put the Cloud Credential Operator (CCO) into manual mode before you install the cluster.

include::modules/alternatives-to-storing-admin-secrets-in-kube-system.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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.Additional resources
* For a detailed description of all available CCO credential modes and their supported platforms, see xref:../../authentication/managing_cloud_provider_credentials/about-cloud-credential-operator.adoc#about-cloud-credential-operator[About the Cloud Credential Operator].

include::modules/manually-create-identity-access-management.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

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.Additional resources
* xref:../../updating/preparing_for_updates/preparing-manual-creds-update.adoc#preparing-manual-creds-update[Preparing to update a cluster with manually maintained credentials]

[id="manually-creating-iam-azure-next-steps"]
== Next steps

* Install an {product-title} cluster:
** xref:../../installing/installing_azure/ipi/installing-azure-default.adoc#installing-azure-default[Installing a cluster quickly on Azure] with default options on installer-provisioned infrastructure
** xref:../../installing/installing_azure/ipi/installing-azure-customizations.adoc#installing-azure-customizations[Install a cluster with cloud customizations on installer-provisioned infrastructure]
** xref:../../installing/installing_azure/ipi/installing-azure-network-customizations.adoc#installing-azure-network-customizations[Install a cluster with network customizations on installer-provisioned infrastructure]