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Configuration 2 Resource Group 2 Virtual Machine 4 Storage 2 Active Directory 1 Deployment 1

azure Commands

Configuration

az login

Log in to Azure.

azure cli login auth account 

az login
Examples:
Log in interactively 
az login
Log in with a service principal 
az login --service-principal -u <app-id> -p <password-or-cert> --tenant <tenant>
az account set

Set a subscription to be the current active subscription.

azure cli account subscription 

az account set
Examples:
Set the active subscription 
az account set --subscription 'My Subscription Name'

Resource Group

az group list

List resource groups.

azure resource group rg list 

az group list
Examples:
List all resource groups 
az group list
List resource groups and format as a table 
az group list -o table
az group create

Create a new resource group.

azure resource group rg create 

az group create
Examples:
Create a new resource group in the West US region 
az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location westus

Virtual Machine

az vm list

Get the details of the virtual machines.

azure vm compute list 

az vm list
Examples:
List all VMs in the default subscription 
az vm list
List VMs in a specific resource group and show details 
az vm list --resource-group MyResourceGroup --show-details -o table
az vm create

Create an Azure Virtual Machine.

azure vm compute create 

az vm create
Examples:
Create a default Ubuntu VM 
az vm create -n MyVm -g MyResourceGroup --image UbuntuLTS --generate-ssh-keys
Create a Windows Server 2019 VM 
az vm create -n MyWinVm -g MyResourceGroup --image Win2019Datacenter --admin-username myadmin --admin-password 'MyComplexPassword123!'
az vm start

Start a stopped virtual machine.

azure vm compute start 

az vm start
Examples:
Start a VM 
az vm start --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name MyVm
az vm stop

Stop a running virtual machine.

azure vm compute stop 

az vm stop
Examples:
Stop a VM 
az vm stop --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name MyVm

Storage

az storage account list

List storage accounts.

azure storage account list 

az storage account list
Examples:
List all storage accounts in the subscription 
az storage account list
az storage blob list

List blobs in a given container.

azure storage blob list 

az storage blob list
Examples:
List blobs in a container 
az storage blob list --account-name mystorageaccount --container-name mycontainer -o table

Active Directory

az ad user list

List users in Azure Active Directory.

azure ad user list graph 

az ad user list
Examples:
List all users in the tenant 
az ad user list

Deployment

az deployment group create

Start a deployment.

azure arm deployment template iac 

az deployment group create
Examples:
Deploy an ARM template from a local file 
az deployment group create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --template-file mytemplate.json --parameters myparam=myvalue