A great cloud needs great tools; we're excited to introduce Azure CLI, our next generation multi-platform command line experience for Azure.
$ az [ group ] [ subgroup ] [ command ] {parameters}
After installation, use the az configure
command to help setup your environment.
$ az configure
For usage and help content, pass in the -h
parameter, for example:
$ az storage -h
$ az vm create -h
Here are a few features and concepts that can help you get the most out of the Azure CLI.
The following examples are showing using the --output table
format, you can change your default using the $ az configure
command.
We support tab-completion for groups, commands, and some parameters
# looking up resource group and name
$ az vm show -g [tab][tab]
AccountingGroup RGOne WebPropertiesRG
$ az vm show -g WebPropertiesRG -n [tab][tab]
StoreVM Bizlogic
$ az vm show -g WebPropertiesRG -n Bizlogic
You can use the --query
parameter and the JMESPath query syntax to customize your output.
$ az vm list --query '[].{name:name,os:storageProfile.osDisk.osType}'
Name Os
---------------------- -------
storevm Linux
bizlogic Linux
demo32111vm Windows
dcos-master-39DB807E-0 Linux
The following block creates a new resource group in the 'westus' region, then creates a new Ubuntu VM. We automatically provide a series of smart defaults, such as setting up SSH with your ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
key. For more details, try az vm create -h
.
$ az group create -l westus -n MyGroup
Name Location
------- ----------
MyGroup westus
$ az vm create -g MyGroup -n MyVM --image ubuntults
MacAddress ResourceGroup PublicIpAddress PrivateIpAddress
----------------- --------------- ----------------- ------------------
00-0D-3A-30-B2-D7 MyGroup 52.160.111.118 10.0.0.4
$ ssh 52.160.111.118
Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.19.0-65-generic x86_64)
System information as of Thu Sep 15 20:47:31 UTC 2016
System load: 0.39 Memory usage: 2% Processes: 80
Usage of /: 39.6% of 1.94GB Swap usage: 0% Users logged in: 0
jasonsha@MyVM:~$
For more usage examples, take a look at our GitHub samples repo.
If you encounter any bugs with the tool please file an issue in the Issues section of our GitHub repo.
To provide feedback from the command line, try the az feedback
command.