azure-cli

name	azure-cli
description	Azure CLI for VMs, App Service, Blob Storage, Azure SQL

Azure CLI

Use the bash tool with the az CLI for Azure cloud operations.

Setup

1. Check if installed:

   command -v az && az --version
   

2. Install:

   # macOS
   brew install azure-cli
   
   # Ubuntu / Debian (official script)
   curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
   

3. Auth:

   az login
   

Auth & Account

az login
az account show
az account list --output table
az account set --subscription "NAME"

Virtual Machines

az vm list --output table
az vm start --resource-group RG --name VM
az vm stop --resource-group RG --name VM
az vm show --resource-group RG --name VM --output json
az vm create --resource-group RG --name VM --image Ubuntu2204 --size Standard_B2s

App Service

az webapp list --output table
az webapp log tail --resource-group RG --name APP
az webapp deployment source config-zip --resource-group RG --name APP --src app.zip
az webapp config appsettings set --resource-group RG --name APP --settings KEY=VALUE

Blob Storage

az storage blob list --container-name CONTAINER --account-name ACCOUNT --output table
az storage blob upload --file FILE --container-name CONTAINER --name BLOB --account-name ACCOUNT
az storage blob download --container-name CONTAINER --name BLOB --file OUTPUT --account-name ACCOUNT

Azure SQL

az sql server list --output table
az sql db list --server SERVER --resource-group RG --output table

Tips

• Use --output table for readable output, --output json for parsing
• Use vault_get to retrieve Azure credentials
• Use az configure --defaults to set default resource group