# AzureCosmosDBResource.withAccessKeyAuthentication

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.CosmosDB](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.cosmosdb.md)
- Defined on: [AzureCosmosDBResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.cosmosdb/azurecosmosdbresource.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Configures Azure Cosmos DB to use access key authentication

## Definition

```typescript
interface AzureCosmosDBResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withAccessKeyAuthentication(keyVaultBuilder?: IAzureKeyVaultResource): AzureCosmosDBResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
withAccessKeyAuthentication(keyVaultBuilder?: IAzureKeyVaultResource): AzureCosmosDBResource
```

## Parameters

- `keyVaultBuilder` (`IAzureKeyVaultResource`) `optional`

## Returns

[AzureCosmosDBResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.cosmosdb/azurecosmosdbresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [AzureCosmosDBResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.cosmosdb/azurecosmosdbresource.md) -- `handle`