AZ-104 - Administration - Azure CLI and Powershell

Install PowerShell on Windows, Linux, and macOS

How to install the Azure CLI

Commands

 

What is the Azure CLI

• Its a command-line utility for managing azure resources
• Crate and manage resources without logging to the azure portal
• Create scripts to automate tasks

What is Azure PowerShell

• Its a set of cmdlets for managing Azure resources
• Create and manage resource s without logging into the azure portal
• Create scripts to automate tasks.

Cloud Shell

First we need to create a Cloud Shell 

Select Bash or Powershell

Go to Advanced settings

Select a random storage account name and a file share name then click on create storage

if you get this error its more likely your storage account name its already in use, use alphanumeric

Done, you can switch between Powershell and Bash using the drop down menu on the left

Here we can run AZ CLI commands

And here is using the powershell

We can save objects to variables

To create a virtual machine from Azure CLI

PS /home/cesar> get-cloudDrive                                                                                                        

FileShareName      : random1fileshare
FileSharePath      : //random1storage4.file.core.windows.net/random1fileshare
MountPoint         : /home/cesar/clouddrive
Name               : random1storage4
ResourceGroupName  : DefaultResourceGroup-CUS
StorageAccountName : random1storage4
SubscriptionId     : 33d9a849-c6f5-455d-b9e4-ef89b317fcec

PS /home/cesar> get-azresource | format-Table              

Name                                                      ResourceGroupName        ResourceType                             Location
----                                                      -----------------        ------------                             --------
DefaultWorkspace-33d9a849-c6f5-455d-b9e4-ef89b317fcec-CUS DefaultResourceGroup-CUS Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces centralus
random1storage4                                           DefaultResourceGroup-CUS Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts        eastus
NetworkWatcher_eastus                                     NetworkWatcherRG         Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers        eastus

PS /home/cesar>