🖥️az

➡️This is a command-line reference manual for commands and command combinations that you don’t use often enough to remember it. This cheatsheet explains the az command with important options and switches using examples.

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# Microsoft Azure CLI 2.0
# Command-line tools for Azure

# Install Azure CLI 2.0 with one curl command.
curl -L https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCli | bash

# create a resource group named "MyResourceGroup" in the westus2 region of Azure
az group create -n MyResourceGroup -l westus2 

# create a Linux VM using the UbuntuTLS image, with two attached storage disks of 10 GB and 20 GB
az vm create -n MyLinuxVM -g MyResourceGroup --ssh-key-value $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --image UbuntuLTS --data-disk-sizes-gb 10 20

# list VMs
az vm list --output table

# list only VMs having distinct state
az vm list -d --query "[?powerState=='VM running']" --output table

# delete VM (with the name MyLinuxVM in the group MyResourceGroup)
az vm delete -g MyResourceGroup -n MyLinuxVM --yes

# Delete all VMs in a resource group
az vm delete --ids $(az vm list -g MyResourceGroup --query "[].id" -o tsv)

# Create an Image based on a running VM
az vm deallocate -g MyResourceGroup -n MyLinuxVM
az vm generalize -g MyResourceGroup -n MyLinuxVM
az image create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name MyTestImage --source MyLinuxVM

# Running VM based on a VHD
az storage blob upload --account-name "${account_name}"  \
   --account-key "${account_key}" --container-name "${container_name}" --type page \
   --file "${file}" --name "${vhd_name}"
az disk create \
   --resource-group ${resource_group} \
   --name myManagedDisk \
   --source https://${account_name}.blob.core.windows.net/${container_name}/${vhd_name}

# open port
az vm open-port --resource-group MyResourceGroup --name MyLinuxVM --port 443 --priority 899

# Show storage accounts
az storage account list --output table

# Show contaniers for an account
az storage container list --account-name mystorageaccount --output table

# Show blobs in a container
az storage blob list --account-name mystorageaccount --container-name mycontainer  --output table

# list account keys
az storage account keys list  --account-name STORAGE_NAME --resource-group RESOURCE_GROUP

# Show own images
az image list --output table

# Configure default storage location
az configure --defaults location=eastus2

# Show disks
az disk list --output table

# Copy blob
az storage blob copy start \
	--source-uri 'https://md-ldh5nknx2rkz.blob.core.windows.net/jzwuuuzzapn0/abcd?sv=2017-04-17&sr=b&si=68041718-6828-4f5e-9e6e-a1b719975062&sig=XXX' \
	--account-key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX== \
	--account-name destaccount \
	--destination-container vms \
	--destination-blob DESTINATION-blob.vhd

# List virtual networks
az network vnet list --output table

# List virtual networks adapters
az network nic list --output table

# List public IP addresses used by the VMs
az vm list-ip-addresses --output table

# create snapshot
az snapshot create --resource-group IC-EXASOL-001 --source vm1-disk1 -n vm1-snap1

# create SAS url for a snapshot
az snapshot grant-access --resource-group IC-EXASOL-001 --name vm1-snap1 --duration-in-seconds 36000 --query '[accessSas]' -o tsv

# attach disk
az vm disk attach --vm-name vm1 -g RESOURCE_GROUP --disk DISK1_ID

# detach disk
az vm disk detach --vm-name vm1 -g RESOURCE_GROUP --name DISK1_ID

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