Document Azure credential controls for cloud metadata - #8206
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Explain why the default cloud metadata processor can invoke Azure development credentials and how production deployments can restrict the DefaultAzureCredential chain. AI-Assisted: Cursor Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Scope each documented behavior to the Elastic Agent versions that include the relevant Azure Identity SDK capability. AI-Assisted: Cursor Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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add_cloud_metadataprocessor performs a best-effort AKS metadata lookup after detecting an Azure VM, including non-AKS VMs.AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prodfor production and describe its scope and limitations.Relates to https://github.com/elastic/sdh-beats/issues/7522.
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