Azure CLI

Comprehensive Azure CLI commands and workflows for managing Microsoft Azure cloud services, including virtual machines, storage, and Azure Active Directory.

Installation & Authentication

Command	Description
`az login`	Login to Azure
`az login --service-principal -u <app-id> -p <password> --tenant <tenant>`	Login with service principal
`az logout`	Logout from Azure
`az account list`	List all subscriptions
`az account set --subscription "subscription-name"`	Set active subscription
`az account show`	Show current subscription
`az configure`	Configure Azure CLI settings

Resource Groups

Command	Description
`az group list`	List all resource groups
`az group create --name myResourceGroup --location eastus`	Create resource group
`az group delete --name myResourceGroup`	Delete resource group
`az group show --name myResourceGroup`	Show resource group details
`az group update --name myResourceGroup --tags environment=production`	Update resource group tags

Virtual Machines

VM Management

Command	Description
`az vm list`	List all VMs
`az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM --image UbuntuLTS --admin-username azureuser --generate-ssh-keys`	Create VM
`az vm start --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM`	Start VM
`az vm stop --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM`	Stop VM
`az vm restart --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM`	Restart VM
`az vm delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM`	Delete VM
`az vm deallocate --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM`	Deallocate VM

VM Information

Command	Description
`az vm show --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM`	Show VM details
`az vm list-sizes --location eastus`	List available VM sizes
`az vm image list --output table`	List popular VM images
`az vm image list --publisher Canonical --output table`	List images by publisher
`az vm get-instance-view --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM`	Get VM instance view

VM Extensions

Command	Description
`az vm extension list --resource-group myResourceGroup --vm-name myVM`	List VM extensions
`az vm extension set --resource-group myResourceGroup --vm-name myVM --name customScript --publisher Microsoft.Azure.Extensions --settings '\\{"fileUris":["https://example.com/script.sh"],"commandToExecute":"sh script.sh"\\}'`	Install extension
`az vm extension delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --vm-name myVM --name customScript`	Remove extension

Storage

Storage Accounts

Command	Description
`az storage account list`	List storage accounts
`az storage account create --name mystorageaccount --resource-group myResourceGroup --location eastus --sku Standard_LRS`	Create storage account
`az storage account delete --name mystorageaccount --resource-group myResourceGroup`	Delete storage account
`az storage account show --name mystorageaccount --resource-group myResourceGroup`	Show storage account details
`az storage account keys list --account-name mystorageaccount --resource-group myResourceGroup`	List storage account keys

Blob Storage

Command	Description
`az storage container list --account-name mystorageaccount`	List containers
`az storage container create --name mycontainer --account-name mystorageaccount`	Create container
`az storage container delete --name mycontainer --account-name mystorageaccount`	Delete container
`az storage blob upload --file myfile.txt --container-name mycontainer --name myblob --account-name mystorageaccount`	Upload blob
`az storage blob download --container-name mycontainer --name myblob --file myfile.txt --account-name mystorageaccount`	Download blob
`az storage blob list --container-name mycontainer --account-name mystorageaccount`	List blobs

File Shares

Command	Description
`az storage share list --account-name mystorageaccount`	List file shares
`az storage share create --name myshare --account-name mystorageaccount`	Create file share
`az storage file upload --share-name myshare --source myfile.txt --account-name mystorageaccount`	Upload file
`az storage file download --share-name myshare --path myfile.txt --dest myfile.txt --account-name mystorageaccount`	Download file

App Service

Web Apps

Command	Description
`az webapp list`	List web apps
`az webapp create --resource-group myResourceGroup --plan myAppServicePlan --name myWebApp --runtime "NODE\|14-lts"`	Create web app
`az webapp delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myWebApp`	Delete web app
`az webapp start --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myWebApp`	Start web app
`az webapp stop --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myWebApp`	Stop web app
`az webapp restart --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myWebApp`	Restart web app

App Service Plans

Command	Description
`az appservice plan list`	List app service plans
`az appservice plan create --name myAppServicePlan --resource-group myResourceGroup --sku B1`	Create app service plan
`az appservice plan delete --name myAppServicePlan --resource-group myResourceGroup`	Delete app service plan
`az appservice plan update --name myAppServicePlan --resource-group myResourceGroup --sku S1`	Update app service plan

Deployment

Command	Description
`az webapp deployment source config --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myWebApp --repo-url https://github.com/user/repo --branch master`	Configure Git deployment
`az webapp deployment source sync --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myWebApp`	Sync deployment
`az webapp log tail --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myWebApp`	Stream logs
`az webapp config appsettings set --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myWebApp --settings key=value`	Set app settings

Azure Functions

Function Apps

Command	Description
`az functionapp list`	List function apps
`az functionapp create --resource-group myResourceGroup --consumption-plan-location eastus --runtime node --name myFunctionApp --storage-account mystorageaccount`	Create function app
`az functionapp delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myFunctionApp`	Delete function app
`az functionapp start --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myFunctionApp`	Start function app
`az functionapp stop --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myFunctionApp`	Stop function app

Function Management

Command	Description
`az functionapp function list --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myFunctionApp`	List functions
`az functionapp function show --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myFunctionApp --function-name myFunction`	Show function details
`az functionapp function delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myFunctionApp --function-name myFunction`	Delete function

Azure SQL Database

SQL Servers

Command	Description
`az sql server list`	List SQL servers
`az sql server create --name myserver --resource-group myResourceGroup --location eastus --admin-user myadmin --admin-password myPassword123!`	Create SQL server
`az sql server delete --name myserver --resource-group myResourceGroup`	Delete SQL server
`az sql server show --name myserver --resource-group myResourceGroup`	Show SQL server details

SQL Databases

Command	Description
`az sql db list --resource-group myResourceGroup --server myserver`	List databases
`az sql db create --resource-group myResourceGroup --server myserver --name mydatabase --service-objective S0`	Create database
`az sql db delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --server myserver --name mydatabase`	Delete database
`az sql db show --resource-group myResourceGroup --server myserver --name mydatabase`	Show database details

Firewall Rules

Command	Description
`az sql server firewall-rule list --resource-group myResourceGroup --server myserver`	List firewall rules
`az sql server firewall-rule create --resource-group myResourceGroup --server myserver --name AllowMyIP --start-ip-address 192.168.1.1 --end-ip-address 192.168.1.1`	Create firewall rule
`az sql server firewall-rule delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --server myserver --name AllowMyIP`	Delete firewall rule

Azure Active Directory

Users

Command	Description
`az ad user list`	List users
`az ad user create --display-name "John Doe" --password myPassword123! --user-principal-name john@contoso.com`	Create user
`az ad user delete --id john@contoso.com`	Delete user
`az ad user show --id john@contoso.com`	Show user details
`az ad user update --id john@contoso.com --display-name "John Smith"`	Update user

Groups

Command	Description
`az ad group list`	List groups
`az ad group create --display-name "My Group" --mail-nickname mygroup`	Create group
`az ad group delete --group mygroup`	Delete group
`az ad group member add --group mygroup --member-id john@contoso.com`	Add member to group
`az ad group member remove --group mygroup --member-id john@contoso.com`	Remove member from group

Applications

Command	Description
`az ad app list`	List applications
`az ad app create --display-name "My App"`	Create application
`az ad app delete --id <app-id>`	Delete application
`az ad app show --id <app-id>`	Show application details

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Cluster Management

Command	Description
`az aks list`	List AKS clusters
`az aks create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster --node-count 1 --enable-addons monitoring --generate-ssh-keys`	Create AKS cluster
`az aks delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster`	Delete AKS cluster
`az aks start --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster`	Start AKS cluster
`az aks stop --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster`	Stop AKS cluster

Cluster Operations

Command	Description
`az aks get-credentials --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster`	Get cluster credentials
`az aks scale --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster --node-count 3`	Scale cluster
`az aks upgrade --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster --kubernetes-version 1.21.1`	Upgrade cluster
`az aks show --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster`	Show cluster details

Azure Container Registry (ACR)

Registry Management

Command	Description
`az acr list`	List container registries
`az acr create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myregistry --sku Basic`	Create container registry
`az acr delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myregistry`	Delete container registry
`az acr login --name myregistry`	Login to registry

Image Management

Command	Description
`az acr repository list --name myregistry`	List repositories
`az acr repository show-tags --name myregistry --repository myapp`	Show image tags
`az acr repository delete --name myregistry --repository myapp --tag v1.0`	Delete image tag
`docker tag myapp:latest myregistry.azurecr.io/myapp:v1.0`	Tag image for ACR
`docker push myregistry.azurecr.io/myapp:v1.0`	Push image to ACR

Networking

Virtual Networks

Command	Description
`az network vnet list`	List virtual networks
`az network vnet create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVNet --address-prefix 10.0.0.0/16`	Create virtual network
`az network vnet delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVNet`	Delete virtual network
`az network vnet subnet create --resource-group myResourceGroup --vnet-name myVNet --name mySubnet --address-prefix 10.0.1.0/24`	Create subnet

Network Security Groups

Command	Description
`az network nsg list`	List network security groups
`az network nsg create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myNSG`	Create NSG
`az network nsg rule create --resource-group myResourceGroup --nsg-name myNSG --name myRule --protocol tcp --priority 1000 --destination-port-range 80`	Create NSG rule
`az network nsg rule delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --nsg-name myNSG --name myRule`	Delete NSG rule

Load Balancers

Command	Description
`az network lb list`	List load balancers
`az network lb create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myLoadBalancer --sku Standard --public-ip-address myPublicIP`	Create load balancer
`az network lb delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myLoadBalancer`	Delete load balancer

Monitoring and Logging

Azure Monitor

Command	Description
`az monitor metrics list --resource <resource-id>`	List metrics
`az monitor metrics list-definitions --resource <resource-id>`	List metric definitions
`az monitor log-analytics workspace list`	List Log Analytics workspaces
`az monitor log-analytics workspace create --resource-group myResourceGroup --workspace-name myWorkspace`	Create workspace

Alerts

Command	Description
`az monitor alert list`	List alerts
`az monitor alert create --name myAlert --resource-group myResourceGroup --condition "avg Percentage CPU > 80"`	Create alert
`az monitor alert delete --name myAlert --resource-group myResourceGroup`	Delete alert

Best Practices

Security

Use Service Principals: Use service principals for automated deployments
RBAC: Implement role-based access control
Key Vault: Store secrets in Azure Key Vault
Network Security: Use NSGs and firewalls to secure resources

Cost Management

Resource Tagging: Tag resources for cost tracking
Auto-shutdown: Configure auto-shutdown for development VMs
Reserved Instances: Use reserved instances for predictable workloads
Cost Alerts: Set up cost alerts and budgets

Automation

ARM Templates: Use Azure Resource Manager templates
Azure DevOps: Integrate with Azure DevOps for CI/CD
PowerShell: Use Azure PowerShell for Windows environments
Terraform: Use Terraform for multi-cloud deployments