Azure CLI 2.0 cheatsheet for Login, Resources, VMs, Resource groups, Storage, Batch, and Containers.
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LOGGING IN
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# Login with web
az login
# Login in CLI
az login -u myemail@address.com
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LISTING LOCATIONS AND RESOURCES / GENERAL
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# List all locations
az account list-locations
# List all my resource groups
az resource list
# Get what version of the CLI you have
azure --version
# Get help
azure help
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CREATING BASIC VM / RESOURCE GROUP / STORAGE ACCOUNT
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# Get all available VM sizes
az vm list-sizes --location eastus
# Get all available VM images for Windows and Linux
az vm image list --output table
# Create a Linux VM
az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM --image ubuntults
# Create a Windows VM
az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM --image win2016datacenter
# Create a Resource group
az group create --name myresourcegroup --location eastus
# Create a Storage account.
az storage account create -g myresourcegroup -n mystorageaccount -l eastus --sku Standard_LRS
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DELETING A RESOURCE GROUP
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# Permanetly deletes a resource group
az group delete --name myResourceGroup
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MANAGING VM'S
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# List your VMs
az vm list
# Start a VM
az vm start --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
# Stop a VM
az vm stop --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
# Deallocate a VM
az vm deallocate --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
# Restart a VM
az vm restart --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
# Redeploy a VM
az vm redeploy --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
# Delete a VM
az vm delete --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myVM
# Create image of a VM
az image create --resource-group myResourceGroup --source myVM --name myImage
# Create VM from image
az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myNewVM --image myImage
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MANAGING BATCH ACCOUNT
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# Create a Batch account.
az batch account create -g myresourcegroup -n mybatchaccount -l eastus
# Create a Storage account.
az storage account create -g myresourcegroup -n mystorageaccount -l eastus --sku Standard_LRS
# Associate Batch with storage account.
az batch account set -g myresourcegroup -n mybatchaccount --storage-account mystorageaccount
# We can now authenticate directly against the account for further CLI interaction.
az batch account login -g myresourcegroup -n mybatchaccount
# Display the details of our created account.
az batch account show -g myresourcegroup -n mybatchaccount
# Create a new application.
az batch application create --resource-group myresourcegroup --name mybatchaccount --application-id myapp --display-name "My Application"
# Add zip files to application
az batch application package create --resource-group myresourcegroup --name mybatchaccount --application-id myapp --package-file my-application-exe.zip --version 1.0
# Assign the application package as the default version.
az batch application set --resource-group myresourcegroup --name mybatchaccount --application-id myapp --default-version 1.0
# Retrieve a list of available images and node agent SKUs.
az batch pool node-agent-skus list
# Create new Linux pool with VM config
az batch pool create \
--id mypool-linux \
--vm-size Standard_A1 \
--image canonical:ubuntuserver:16.04.0-LTS \
--node-agent-sku-id “batch.node.ubuntu 16.04”
# Now let's resize the pool to start up some VMs.
az batch pool resize --pool-id mypool-linux --target-dedicated 5
# We can check the status of the pool to see when it has finished resizing.
az batch pool show --pool-id mypool-linux
# List the compute nodes running in a pool.
az batch node list --pool-id mypool-linux
# If a particular node in the pool is having issues, it can be rebooted or reimaged.
# A typical node ID will be in the format 'tvm-xxxxxxxxxx_1-<timestamp>'.
az batch node reboot --pool-id mypool-linux --node-id tvm-123_1-20170316t000000z
# Re-allocate work to another node.
az batch node delete \
--pool-id mypool-linux \
--node-list tvm-123_1-20170316t000000z tvm-123_2-20170316t000000z \
--node-deallocation-option requeue
# Create a new job to encapsulate the tasks that we want to add.
az batch job create --id myjob --pool-id mypool
# Add tasks to the job.
# …where <shell> is your preferred shell for execution (/bin/sh, /bin/bash, /bin/ksh etc.),
# and /path/to/script.sh is, of course, the full path of the shell script you’re invoking to
# get things started.
az batch task create --job-id myjob --task-id task1 --application-package-references myapp#1.0 --command-line "/bin/<shell> -c /path/to/script.sh"
# Add many tasks at once
az batch task create --job-id myjob --json-file tasks.json
# Now that all the tasks are added - we can update the job so that it will automatically
# be marked as completed once all the tasks are finished.
az batch job set --job-id myjob --on-all-tasks-complete terminateJob
# Monitor the status of the job.
az batch job show --job-id myjob
# Monitor the status of a task.
az batch task show --job-id myjob --task-id task1
# Delete a job
az batch job delete --job-id myjob
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MANAGING CONTAINERS
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# If you HAVE AN SSH run this to create an Azure Container Service Cluster (~10 mins)
az acs create -n acs-cluster -g acsrg1 -d applink789
# If you DO NOT HAVE AN SSH run this to create an Azure Container Service Cluster (~10 mins)
az acs create -n acs-cluster -g acsrg1 -d applink789 --generate-ssh-keys
# List clusters under your whole subscription
az acs list --output table
# List clusters in a resource group
az acs list -g acsrg1 --output table
# Display details of a container service cluster
az acs show -g acsrg1 -n acs-cluster --output list
# Scale using ACS
az acs scale -g acsrg1 -n acs-cluster --new-agent-count 4
# Delete a cluster
az acs delete -g acsrg1 -n acs-cluster
