# withWorkloadIdentity

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Kubernetes](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.kubernetes.md)
- Version: `13.4.0-preview.1.26281.18`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Enables or disables workload identity on the AKS environment, allowing pods to authenticate to Azure services using federated credentials.

## Definition

```typescript
interface AzureKubernetesEnvironmentResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withWorkloadIdentity(enabled?: boolean): AzureKubernetesEnvironmentResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `enabled` (`boolean`) `optional` `= True`

## Returns

[AzureKubernetesEnvironmentResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.kubernetes/azurekubernetesenvironmentresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [AzureKubernetesEnvironmentResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.kubernetes/azurekubernetesenvironmentresource.md)