In this article, we will learn about Azure CLI Commands, which every developer must know.

So, Let's get started.

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Resource Management

Resource Management

Log in to your Azure account az login
List all available Azure subscriptions az account list
Delete a resource group

az group delete

--name "rsg-name"

Computer

Computer

Create a new virtual machine

az vm create

--rsg "rsg-name"

--name "vm-name"

--image "UbuntuLTS"

--location "region"

--admin-username "username"

--generate-ssh-keys
List all virtual machines az vm list
Start a virtual machine

az vm start

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "vm-name"
Stop a virtual machine

az vm stop

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "vm-name"
Delete a virtual machine

az vm delete

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "vm-name"
Create a new virtual machine scale set

az vmss create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "vmss-name"

--image "UbuntuLTS"

--location "region"

--admin-username "username"

--generate-ssh-keys

--upgrade-policy-mode "automatic"

--instance-count "3"
List all virtual machine scale sets az vmss list

Storage

Storage

Create a new storage account

az storage account create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "account-name"

--location "region"

--sku "Standard_LRS"
List all virtual machine scale sets az storage account list
Create a new blob container

az storage container create

--name "container-name"

--account-name "account-name"

--account-key "account-key"
List all blob containers

az storage container list

--account-name "account-name"

--account-key "account-key"
Upload a file to a blob container

az storage blob upload

--account-name "account-name"

--account-key "account-key"

--container-name "container-name"

--type block --name "blob-name"

--file "local-file-path"

Networking

Networking

Create a new virtual network

az network vnet create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

-- name "vnet-name"

--location "region"

--address-prefix "10.0.0.0/16"
Create a new subnet

az network vnet subnet create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--vnet-name "vnet-name"

--name "subnet-name"

--address-prefix "10.0.1.0/24"
Create a new public IP address

az network public-ip create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "public-ip-name"

--location "region"
List all subnets

az network vnet subnet list

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--vnet-name "vnet-name"
List all virtual networks az network vnet list
List all public IP addresses az network public-ip list
Create a new network security group

az network nsg create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "nsg-name"

--location "region"
List all network security groups az network nsg list
Create a new network security rule

az network nsg rule create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--nsg-name "nsg-name"

--name "rule-name"

--priority 100

--source-address-prefixes "0.0.0.0/0"

--destination-port-ranges "80"

--access "Allow"

--protocol "Tcp"

--description "Allow HTTP traffic"
List all network security rules

az network nsg rule list

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--nsg-name "nsg-name"

Web Apps

Web Apps

Create a new web app

az webapp create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "web-app-name"

--plan "app-service-plan-name"
List all web apps az webapp list
Get the default host name of a web app

az webapp show

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "web-app-name"

--query "defaultHostName"
Start a web app

az webapp start

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "web-app-name"
Stop a web app

az webapp stop

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "web-app-name"
Set a web app to use 64 bit platform

az webapp config set

--name "web-app-name"

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--use-32bit-worker-process false
Set a web app to always be on

az webapp config set

--name "web-app-name"

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--always-on true
Create a new deployment slot

az webapp deployment slot create

--name "web-app-name"

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--slot "slot-name"
List all deployment slots

az webapp deployment slot list

--name "web-app-name"

--resource-group "rsg-name"
Swap two deployment slots

az webapp deployment slot swap

--name "web-app-name"

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--slot "slot-name"

--target-slot "target-slot-name"
Deploy code to a web app from a Git repository

az webapp deployment source config

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "name"

--repo-url "url"

--branch "name"

Databases

Databases

Create a new Azure SQL Database server

az sql server create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "server-name"

--location "region"

--admin-user "username"

--admin-password "password"
List all Azure SQL Database servers az sql server list
Create a new Azure SQL Database

az sql db create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--server "server-name"

--name "database-name"

--edition "Standard"

--performance-level "S0"
List all Azure SQL Databases

az sql db list

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--server "server-name"
Create a new Azure Cosmos DB account

az cosmosdb create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "account-name"

--kind "GlobalDocumentDB"

--locations "regionName=region"

--default-consistency-level "Session"
List all Azure Cosmos DB accounts az cosmosdb list
Create a new Azure Database for PostgreSQL server

az postgres server create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "server-name"

--location "region"

--admin-user "username"

--admin-password "password"

--sku-name "B_Gen5_1"

--version "11"
List all Azure Database for PostgreSQL servers az sql server list
Create a new Azure Database for MySQL server

az mysql server create

--resource-group "rsg-name
List all Azure Database for MySQL servers az mysql server list
Create a new Azure Database for the MariaDB server

az mariadb server create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "server-name"

--location "region"

--admin-user "username"

--admin-password "password"

--sku-name "B_Gen5_1"

--version "10.4"
List all Azure Database for MariaDB servers az mariadb server list
Create a new Azure Cache for the Redis instance

az redis create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "redis-name"

--location "region"

--sku "Basic"

--vm-size "C0"
List all Azure Cache for Redis instances az redis list

Monitoring and Management

Monitoring and Management

Get the status of all resources in a resource group

az resource list

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--output table
Monitor the metrics of a resource

az monitor metrics list

--resource "resource-id"

--metric "Percentage CPU"

--interval "PT1H"
Get the activity log for a resource group

az monitor activity-log list

--resource-group "rsg-name"
Create an alert rule

az monitor metrics alert create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "alert-rule-name"

--resource "resource-id"

--condition "avg Percentage CPU > 80"
List all alert rules

az monitor metrics alert list

--resource-group "rsg-name"

Containers

Containers

Create a new Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster

az aks create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "aks-cluster-name"

--node-count 3

--generate-ssh-keys
List all AKS clusters az aks list
Get the credentials of an AKS cluster

az aks get-credentials

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "aks-cluster-name"
Scale an AKS cluster

az aks scale

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "aks-cluster-name"

--node-count 5
Update the version of an AKS cluster

az aks upgrade

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "aks-cluster-name"

--kubernetes-version "1.20.5"
Create a new Azure Container Instance

az container create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "container-instance-name"

--image "microsoft/aci-helloworld"

--dns-name-label "dns-namelabel"

--ports 80
List all Azure Container Instances az container list
Get the logs of an Azure Container Instance

az container logs

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "container-instance-name"
Get the events of an Azure Container Instance

az container show

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "container-instance-name"

--query "events"
Delete an Azure Container Instance

az container delete

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "container-instance-name"

Azure Functions

Azure Functions

Create a function app

az functionapp create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "functionapp-name"

--storage-account "storageaccount-name"

--consumption-plan-location "location"
List function apps az functionapp list
Delete a function app

az functionapp delete

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "functionapp-name"

Azure Logic Apps

Azure Logic Apps

Create a logic app

az logic workflow create

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "workflow-name"

--location "location"

--definition @"definition.json"
List logic apps

az logic workflow list

--resource-group "rsg-name"
Delete a logic app

az logic workflow delete

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--name "workflow-name"

Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps

Create a project

az devops project create

--name "project-name"
List projects az devops project list
Delete a project

az devops project delete

--id "project-id"
Create a service endpoint

az devops service-endpoint azurerm create

--azure-rm-service-principal-id "service-principal-id"

--azure-rm-subscription-id "subscription-id"

--azure-rm-subscription-name "subscription-name"

--azure-rm-tenant-id "tenant-id"

Azure Key Vault

Azure Key Vault

Create a key vault

az keyvault create

--name "keyvault-name"

--resource-group "rsg-name"

--location "location"
List key vaults az keyvault list
Delete a key vault

az keyvault delete

--name "keyvault-name"
Set a secret in a key vault

az keyvault secret set

--vault-name "keyvault-name"

--name "secret-name"

--value "secret-value"
Get a secret from a key vault

az keyvault secret show

--name "secret-name"

--vault-name "keyvault-name"


Summary

In this article, I have tried to cover some of the important Azure CLI Commands.