Azure CLI

Resources

Resource groups

Compute

VMs & compute

Storage

Storage accounts

Web Apps

App Service

AKS

Azure Kubernetes Service

Functions

Serverless functions

6commands

Network

VNets & networking

Container Apps

Azure Container Apps

Static Web Apps

Azure Static Web Apps

Deployment

Bicep & ARM deployments

Install Azure CLI (macOS)

$ brew install azure-cli

Install the Azure CLI using Homebrew on macOS

Install Azure CLI (Linux)

$ curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash

Install the Azure CLI on Debian/Ubuntu Linux using the install script

Check Azure CLI version

$ az --version

Display the installed Azure CLI version and dependencies

Login to Azure

$ az login

Authenticate with Azure using interactive browser login

List Subscriptions

$ az account list --output table

Show all Azure subscriptions for the logged-in account

Set Active Subscription

$ az account set --subscription <name-or-id>

Change the current active subscription

Show Current Account

$ az account show

Display details of the current subscription

Interactive Login

$ az login

Device Code Login

$ az login --use-device-code

Service Principal Login

$ az login --service-principal -u <app-id> -p <password> --tenant <tenant>

Authenticate using service principal credentials

Logout

$ az logout

Clear all cached Azure credentials

Create Service Principal

$ az ad sp create-for-rbac --name <name> --role Contributor --scopes /subscriptions/<sub-id>

Create a service principal with role assignment

Deploy ARM Template

$ az deployment group create --resource-group <name> --template-file template.json

Deploy resources using ARM template

Create Resource Group

$ az group create --name <name> --location <region>

Create a new resource group in a specific region

Delete Resource Group

$ az group delete --name <name> --yes --no-wait

Delete a resource group and all its resources

List Resource Groups

$ az group list --output table

List all resource groups in the subscription

Create Resource Lock

$ az lock create --name <lock-name> --lock-type CanNotDelete --resource-group <name>

Prevent accidental deletion of resource group

List Resources in Group

$ az resource list --resource-group <name> --output table

Show all resources in a resource group

Tag Resource Group

$ az group update --name <name> --tags Environment=Dev Team=Backend

Add tags to a resource group for organization

Create Virtual Machine

$ az vm create --resource-group <rg> --name <vm-name> --image Ubuntu2204 --admin-username azureuser --generate-ssh-keys

Create a new Linux VM with SSH keys

Delete VM

$ az vm delete --resource-group <rg> --name <vm-name> --yes

Delete a virtual machine

List Virtual Machines

$ az vm list --output table

List all VMs in the subscription

Resize VM

$ az vm resize --resource-group <rg> --name <vm-name> --size Standard_DS2_v2

Change the size of an existing VM

List VM Sizes

$ az vm list-sizes --location <region> --output table

Show available VM sizes in a region

SSH to VM

$ az ssh vm --resource-group <rg> --name <vm-name>

Connect to VM via SSH using Azure CLI

Start VM

$ az vm start --resource-group <rg> --name <vm-name>

Start a stopped virtual machine

Stop and Deallocate VM

$ az vm deallocate --resource-group <rg> --name <vm-name>

Stop VM and release compute resources (stops billing)

Download Blob

$ az storage blob download --account-name <storage> --container-name <container> --name <blob-name> --file <local-file>

Download a blob to local file

List Blobs

$ az storage blob list --account-name <storage> --container-name <container> --output table

List all blobs in a container

Upload Blob

$ az storage blob upload --account-name <storage> --container-name <container> --name <blob-name> --file <local-file>

Upload a file to blob storage

Create Blob Container

$ az storage container create --name <container> --account-name <storage-account>

Create a blob container in storage account

Create Storage Account

$ az storage account create --name <name> --resource-group <rg> --location <region> --sku Standard_LRS

Create a new storage account

Get Storage Keys

$ az storage account keys list --account-name <storage> --resource-group <rg>

Get access keys for storage account

List Storage Accounts

$ az storage account list --output table

List all storage accounts in subscription

Configure App Settings

$ az webapp config appsettings set --resource-group <rg> --name <app-name> --settings KEY=value

Set environment variables for web app

Create Web App

$ az webapp create --resource-group <rg> --plan <plan> --name <app-name> --runtime 'NODE:18-lts'

Create a new App Service web app

Deploy to Web App

$ az webapp deploy --resource-group <rg> --name <app-name> --src-path <zip-file>

Deploy a ZIP package to web app

List Web Apps

$ az webapp list --output table

List all web apps in subscription

Stream Logs

$ az webapp log tail --resource-group <rg> --name <app-name>

Stream live logs from web app

Restart Web App

$ az webapp restart --resource-group <rg> --name <app-name>

Restart the web app

Create Deployment Slot

$ az webapp deployment slot create --resource-group <rg> --name <app-name> --slot staging

Create a deployment slot for testing

Quick Deploy

$ az webapp up --name <app-name> --resource-group <rg> --runtime 'PYTHON:3.11'

Create and deploy app from current directory

Create AKS Cluster

$ az aks create --resource-group <rg> --name <cluster> --node-count 3 --enable-addons monitoring --generate-ssh-keys

Create a new managed Kubernetes cluster

Get AKS Credentials

$ az aks get-credentials --resource-group <rg> --name <cluster>

Configure kubectl to connect to AKS cluster

List AKS Clusters

$ az aks list --output table

List all AKS clusters in subscription

Add Node Pool

$ az aks nodepool add --resource-group <rg> --cluster-name <cluster> --name <pool-name> --node-count 3

Add a new node pool to cluster

Scale Node Pool

$ az aks scale --resource-group <rg> --name <cluster> --node-count 5

Scale the default node pool

Start AKS Cluster

$ az aks start --resource-group <rg> --name <cluster>

Start a stopped AKS cluster

Stop AKS Cluster

$ az aks stop --resource-group <rg> --name <cluster>

Stop AKS cluster to save costs

Upgrade AKS Cluster

$ az aks upgrade --resource-group <rg> --name <cluster> --kubernetes-version <version>

Upgrade Kubernetes version

Configure Function Settings

$ az functionapp config appsettings set --resource-group <rg> --name <name> --settings KEY=value

Set function app configuration

Create Function App

$ az functionapp create --resource-group <rg> --consumption-plan-location <region> --runtime node --functions-version 4 --name <name> --storage-account <storage>

Create a new serverless function app

Deploy Functions

$ az functionapp deployment source config-zip --resource-group <rg> --name <name> --src <zip-file>

Deploy function app from ZIP file

List Function Apps

$ az functionapp list --output table

List all function apps in subscription

Stream Function Logs

$ az functionapp log tail --resource-group <rg> --name <name>

Stream live logs from function app

Restart Function App

$ az functionapp restart --resource-group <rg> --name <name>

Restart the function app

Create DNS Zone

$ az network dns zone create --resource-group <rg> --name <domain.com>

Create an Azure DNS zone

Create Load Balancer

$ az network lb create --resource-group <rg> --name <lb-name> --sku Standard --frontend-ip-name myFrontEnd --backend-pool-name myBackEnd

Create a standard load balancer

Create Network Security Group

$ az network nsg create --resource-group <rg> --name <nsg-name>

Create a network security group

Add NSG Rule

$ az network nsg rule create --resource-group <rg> --nsg-name <nsg> --name AllowHTTPS --priority 100 --destination-port-ranges 443 --access Allow --protocol Tcp

Add an inbound rule to NSG

Create Public IP

$ az network public-ip create --resource-group <rg> --name <pip-name> --sku Standard

Create a public IP address

Create Subnet

$ az network vnet subnet create --resource-group <rg> --vnet-name <vnet> --name <subnet-name> --address-prefix 10.0.1.0/24

Add a new subnet to VNet

Create Virtual Network

$ az network vnet create --resource-group <rg> --name <vnet-name> --address-prefix 10.0.0.0/16 --subnet-name default --subnet-prefix 10.0.0.0/24

Create a VNet with a default subnet

List Virtual Networks

$ az network vnet list --output table

List all VNets in subscription

Create Container App

$ az containerapp create -n myapp -g rg --image myimage:latest

Create a new container app with specified image

Enable Ingress

$ az containerapp ingress enable -n myapp -g rg --target-port 80

Enable ingress and expose container app on port 80

Stream Container Logs

$ az containerapp logs show -n myapp -g rg --follow

Stream live logs from container app

List App Revisions

$ az containerapp revision list -n myapp -g rg

List all revisions of a container app

Update Container Image

$ az containerapp update -n myapp -g rg --image myimage:v2

Update container app to use a new image version

Create Static Web App

$ az staticwebapp create -n mysite -g rg --source https://github.com/user/repo

Create a static web app from GitHub repository

Add Custom Domain

$ az staticwebapp hostname set -n mysite -g rg --hostname custom.com

Configure custom domain for static web app

List Deployment Environments

$ az staticwebapp environment list -n mysite -g rg

List all deployment environments for static web app

List App Secrets

$ az staticwebapp secrets list -n mysite -g rg

List secrets and API tokens for static web app

Configure App Settings

$ az staticwebapp appsettings set -n mysite -g rg --setting-names KEY=value

Set application settings and environment variables

Deploy Bicep Template

$ az deployment group create -g rg --template-file main.bicep

Deploy infrastructure using Bicep template

List Deployments

$ az deployment group list -g rg

List all deployments in a resource group

Show Deployment Operations

$ az deployment operation group list -g rg -n deployment-name

Show detailed operations for a specific deployment

Validate Template

$ az deployment group validate -g rg --template-file main.bicep

Validate Bicep/ARM template without deploying

Preview Deployment Changes

$ az deployment group what-if -g rg --template-file main.bicep

Preview what changes will be made before deployment

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Azure CLI

Manage Microsoft Azure resources from the command line. VMs, storage, networking, and cloud service deployments.

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Resources

Resource groups

Compute

VMs & compute

Storage

Storage accounts

Web Apps

App Service

AKS

Azure Kubernetes Service

Functions

Serverless functions

6commands

Network

VNets & networking

Container Apps

Azure Container Apps

Static Web Apps

Azure Static Web Apps

Deployment

Bicep & ARM deployments